this one is 50% non canon [wait what? this is totally true!]
slave boss decides to wage a war on mathematics
starting with exotic and confusing mathematics because it seems the most likely to launch surprising counterattack
[oop
why is slave boss waging a war on mathematics? well, a matrix was near him when he stubbed his toe
it was actually an intern, mumbling about how to improve the business AI
slave boss was in a flashback trance for building secret message communication from his crime history and thought the intern had made his toe hurt with the math
he could tell math was a big problem.