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Someone who specializes on collecting stamps of all shapes and sizes featuring the number pi on them, be it as a number, symbol, or word in any languages—with or without other numbers or symbols.
by MathPlus November 9, 2020
Get the Pilatelist mug.Mathematicians’ hypotheses or theorems on the number π that grace the pages of gay math journals, which are clandestinely or covertly circulated to protect the authors from getting fired, especially if they work for a conservative college or faculty that doesn’t condone unnatural relationships.
Due to recurring prejudices against them, a number of first-rate minds decide not to submit their pink pi results to oft-anti-LGBT+ reputable math journals, thus reducing their chances of securing tenure—they think that the criteria for career promotion shouldn’t be influenced by sexual orientation.
by MathPlus October 16, 2021
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Digital pests are spammers whose posts often compound the exponential chat in a group—if only their messages were as controversial or disruptive as Donald Trump’s tweets, they might be excused for promoting heated debates among the members.
by MathPlus December 8, 2018
Get the Digital Pests mug.When both developed and developing nations are receptive to adopting a foreign or an alien math curriculum, or part of it, because of its rich or creative content—when they recognize that there is much to gain and no political agenda in embracing it.
Singapore, an island-state that has punched above its academic or economic weight, is using math as propaganda to endear itself to both rich and poor nations—its top ranking in international comparative studies like PISA and TIMSS adds weight to its mathematical credential.
by MathPlus July 16, 2018
Get the Math as Propaganda mug.When the public announcement of the proof of a famous unsolved problem on π turned out to be short-lived, because the result was later found to contain grave errors.
Mathematicians worldwide were excited to hear that the number (π + e) has been proved to be transcendental (i.e., its value can’t be the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients), but the news was nothing but a pi moment.
by MathPlus March 22, 2021
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To make mask-wearing a fashion statement during this pandemic, Melania wants others to see her as a mask queen, who doesn’t mask her taste for bright matching colors in the midst of pain and suffering.
by MathPlus May 14, 2021
Get the Mask Queen mug.Short for “Corona Executioner Officer.” A right-wing oft-inept head of state or dictator who threatens to jail anyone who refuses to get a jab due to the country’s high infection and fatality rates but low vaccination rate.
With a pathetic vaccination rate of 1.91% for Philippines’s population of 110 million, CEO Rodrigo Duterte is fed up with the tortoise take-up rate of his people turning up for a shot.
by MathPlus June 22, 2021
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