270 definitions by Fasters
Symbol-minded; enviably mathematical; or abstractly blessed—a happy condition produced by God’s favor on a sinner rather than because they were born or blessed with the “math gene,” which for 99.99% of mathematicians and math educators worldwide is seldom accompanied by academic awards or financial rewards.
If you’re a K–12 math tutor, teacher, editor, or writer, consider yourself already mathointed; or doubly blessed if you’re a polytechnic or university math lecturer or consultant—it’s not so much what you’ve been gifted with, but what you do with it to benefit or bless others.
by Fasters May 3, 2022
The solution to the equation a + b = c, where a, b, and c are consecutive integers; or where b = a + 1 and c = a + 2.
If 1 + 2 = 3 and 4 + 5 + 6 = 7 + 8 are the first two terms of a sequence of equations, what is the sum of the third equation in the pattern?
by Fasters May 7, 2022
When an item or product costs more than a similar one with less sugar or salt content, which seems to suggest that having lesser or fewer of something is more inconvenient or harder to produce, or making a decision to be healthier is dearer—could it also be a mere marketing gimmick to lure health-conscious freaks?
A six-pack of Chrysanthemum Tea costs $1.95, but a similar one with lower sugar content costs $2.30; two isotonic bottle drinks cost $3.95, while the ones with zero sugar cost $4.40—aren’t these two cases prove that “less is more”?
by Fasters September 8, 2022
Arguably the most under-appreciated art form: patterns, symmetries, shapes, formulas, rules, proofs, applications, mysteries, myths, philosophies, ahas, and the like.
If math is the language of science and technology, why is it the world’s most disliked school subject for billions of students and their parents?
by Fasters February 11, 2023
When theomaticians and philosophers couldn’t see eye to eye based on the number π’s oft-conflicting or mixed interactions with other numbers or constants whether her allegiance is with the Vatican or with the Church of England.
Does π subscribe to the Pope’s or to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s theomatical teachings on how rational and irrational numbers ought to behave themselves in private and in public? Is pi Catholic or Protestant?
by Fasters December 2, 2022
Short for “Pi Pandemic.” A frightening 2D or 3D mathematical meme or short clip released by some rogue mathematicians or math educators on the number π to terrorize millions of students and their parents, many of whom suffer from math anxiety to a certain degree.
The pidemic is a great awakening among members of the global mathematical community in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, as they’re clueless how to help an oft-math-anxious or semi-innumerate lay public to come to terms with these two evils.
by Fasters September 23, 2022
The Greek name for WHO’s next-in-line Covid-19 variant of concern, which is one mutation away from Omicron—a viral christening by WHO could push math teachers, students, and parents worldwide to take up arms against them.
With the word “pi” being used by millions of math students and teachers every day, what are the chances that Pi would be as lucky as Xi, the Greek letter that wasn’t used to coin a Covid-19 variant—which was begging to be picked up—because it’s a popular name among certain ethnic peoples, not to say, the surname of a present president of a state?
by Fasters April 13, 2022