Circular definition Memes

This mathematical monstrosity is what happens when π decides to define itself! The equation π = ln(20 + π) is a classic recursive nightmare where π appears on BOTH sides. It's like a snake eating its own tail while doing calculus! Mathematicians call this a "fixed point equation" but I call it "mathematical inception" - we need to go deeper! Try solving this and watch your calculator have an existential crisis. Your brain will melt faster than ice cream in a particle accelerator!

The circular definition strikes again! Nothing quite like asking what a vector is and getting the mathematical equivalent of "it's a thing that's a thing." That confused Mike Wazowski face perfectly captures the existential crisis of every student encountering math definitions for the first time. The definition is technically correct—vectors are indeed elements of vector spaces—but it's about as helpful as defining water as "the wet stuff that makes things wet." This is why mathematicians shouldn't write dictionaries.