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Trump Algebra

Equations that are derived from Donald J. Trump’s irrational or unethical logic, which generally defy conventional algebra rules. For example, based on the twice-impeached president’s collusion and insurrection, we could formulate the following counterintuitive relationships:
Republicans: “Two impeachment wrongs don’t make a right”—when (–) × (–) = (–).
Democrats: “Two impeachment rights do make a wrong”—when (+) × (+) = (–).

Trump algebra falls under what we call “negative math,” when it’s not axiomatically incorrect for the product of two positives to be a negative, or for the product of two negatives to be still a negative.

by MathPlus January 13, 2021

Singapore MathⓋ

A discount of not less than 19 percent for any buyer of math titles in Singapore, who has been jabbed by WHO-approved vaccines, as long as they show proof of their inoculation at the time of purchase.

To encourage vaccination among the population, especially among those who wished not to be inoculated because of potential side effects or premature death, local publishers in Singapore are resorting to creative marketing to promote a number of their dated Singapore MathⓋ titles.

by MathPlus January 18, 2021

Who Will Miss Trump?

Almost everybody who would be forced to look elsewhere come 1/20/2021 for new or rich sources of misinformation and dishonesty after the rejected, ejected, and dejected White Supremacist in Chief leaves office, whose idiocies and idiosyncrasies have atrophied or numbed the right part of the brain for hundreds of thousands of comedians, reporters, and even math educators since 11/9/2016.

“Who Will Miss Trump?” sounds like the political equivalent of “Who Took My Calculator?” or “Who Moved My Cheese?”

by MathPlus January 18, 2021

Symbolless Math

A politically correct term for “Elementary school math for the simple-minded or numerically challenged.” Math concepts explained in layman terms, which is targeted at those who are allergic to hearing or seeing numerical notations or equations.

Like sugarless chocolate or vegetarian chicken, promoters of symbolless math show that no groups or peoples should be excluded, especially the math-anxious or mathophobic—no one is beyond mathematical comprehension.

by MathPlus January 19, 2021

Trump’s Second Coming

The “Great Awakening” among diehard Trumpists-QAnonists for their twice-impeached “political savior” and the “anointed one” to come back to free the country from the “Deep State” and to make America greater again—they couldn’t believe that President Biden is officially inaugurated, because they were expecting President Trump to declare martial law to remain in power for four more years.

With millions of hardcore supporters itching to hear from their ex-Twitterer-in-Chief directly, their only hope now is to keep the faith in Trump’s second coming, which might take place in 2024 or 2028, if he’s not barred from public office by Senate lawmakers.

by MathPlus January 20, 2021

Pinographic Memory

When an oft-autistic person can see the first few hundred or thousand digits of the number π in their mind’s eye.

Don has such a pinographic memory that he can effortlessly recite the first ten thousand digits instantly, as he sees them flowing down a mountain top.

by MathPlus January 20, 2021

RCPL

Short for “Royal College Port Louis.” Once Mauritius’s premier boys’ secondary school that would take in the country’s top primary school “tuition-reliant, exam-smart” pupils, and would nurture future political and business leaders to run the volcanic island, where the dodo used to roam freely.

For decades, the day-to-day running of RCPL was like a sheep managing 1,000-odd lions—when the school principal was often someone who self-glorified himself, by attributing the number of high-school laureates the school produced every year to his “leadership,” when his priority should be to improve the school’s perennial mediocre 50⁺% passing rate to 90⁺% for high school students, based on the caliber of students being admitted every year.

by MathPlus January 21, 2021