This Youtube video just made my head implode. Vi Hart introduces a very weird fractal number to the world. It is designated by the word Wau, after an ancient Greek letter, and the letter F is used to indicate it. As Vi Hart explains, there is no easy way to explain what Wau is or how it works. What is very interesting about it is that it can easily be related to itself, or to other interesting and unusual numbers, such as pi, e, i and others.

Also very interesting, one cannot put it in a logarithm, since that would “be like trying to divide by zero.” Vi Hart also puts the number in relation to quantum physics, in a section of the video where the effects of the Golden ratio are compared to those of Wau, when applied to a spiral.

Remember kids, “e to the i to the e-i-o is e to the wau to the tau wau wau”.

Update: in case the video above wasn’t too obvious that it was a troll, watch this “Fractal Number” video below.