Indian politician Shashi Tharoor is known, not just for his impeccable vocabulary, but also for his witty comic timing and the art of cracking self-deprecating jokes with so much ease.
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Recently, the orator took to Twitter and shared a snippet from a letter that he has received from Jalaj Chaturvedi, a Mathematics teacher in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In his attempt to teach mathematics beyond numbers, the teacher concluded that Tharoor’s hairline is a good ‘quartic fit’.
“I believe that Mathematics should be taught beyond numbers. In Mathematical Modelling in grade 12, we explored that your hair line is a good quartic fit. Kindly see below & feel free to use it.”
The teacher even shared a diagram with the politician to support the claim.
The MP from Thiruvananthapuram was sporting enough to share this theory with the world.
Letter received from Jalaj Chaturvedi, Mathematics teacher in Dhaka, Bangladesh: "I believe that Mathematics should be taught beyond numbers. In Mathematical Modelling in grade 12, we explored that your hair line is a good quartic fit. Kindly see below & feel free to use it."?? pic.twitter.com/1YoIiGZEg2
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 18, 2022
As soon as he posted the tweet, it went viral with people ROFL with this new knowledge.
Sir I’ve barely started understanding your English now, please don’t complicate Maths as well.
— Rajsinggh Nimbalkar (@rattler_uno) October 18, 2022
Oh this is hilarious ???
— Anuraag Saxena (@anuraag_saxena) October 18, 2022
That’s a Hair Raising scenario! I guess this teacher wanted to find another celebrity Scalp. Very Bald move on their part.
— Akshobh Giridharadas (@Akshobh) October 19, 2022
??? pic.twitter.com/4eZnunxylC
— Swati Dixit (@vibewidyou) October 18, 2022
Shashi Tharoor’s charm never fails to impress
— Mayank Kansal (@MKansal88) October 18, 2022
People who know maths be like?? pic.twitter.com/FBamfwrv2u
— Vaibhav Goyal (@_vabbie_) October 18, 2022
If this doesn’t promise employment to Mathematicians, I don’t know what will 🙂
— Priyanshu Sharma (@priy4nshuwrites) October 18, 2022
Wow!! U r not good in English but also your excellency in mathematical understanding. Salute Sir!!!
— Satinder Tiwari (@TiwariSatinder) October 19, 2022
As per a report by The Indian Express, ‘a quartic function is a polynomial with integer coefficients with the highest degree of four.’ The graph looks like this:
That’s pretty close and nice a observation by the mathematician. What do you think, math geeks?