Nicolas Allen Smoot
@nicoarithmetician.bsky.social
Mathematician currently at the University of Vienna.
My paper that got into Advances in Math last year has been cited! ❤️
Rong Chen, Xiao-Jie Zhu
Correspondence among congruence families for generalized Frobenius partitions via modular permutations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16823
Correspondence among congruence families for generalized Frobenius partitions via modular permutations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16823
June 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My paper that got into Advances in Math last year has been cited! ❤️
My second paper with Koustav Banerjee is accepted in the Canadian Journal of Mathematics! We prove a modular congruence family (for 2-elongated plane partitions mod powers of 7) and conjecture another.
The associated modular curve has genus 1, which makes these families difficult to study.
The associated modular curve has genus 1, which makes these families difficult to study.
June 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My second paper with Koustav Banerjee is accepted in the Canadian Journal of Mathematics! We prove a modular congruence family (for 2-elongated plane partitions mod powers of 7) and conjecture another.
The associated modular curve has genus 1, which makes these families difficult to study.
The associated modular curve has genus 1, which makes these families difficult to study.
My most recent paper with James Sellers is now published in the Ramanujan Journal. The general theme is the divisibility properties of the coefficients of modular forms. These are interesting because modular forms often count a lot of arithmetic objects, from elliptic curves to integer partitions.
June 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My most recent paper with James Sellers is now published in the Ramanujan Journal. The general theme is the divisibility properties of the coefficients of modular forms. These are interesting because modular forms often count a lot of arithmetic objects, from elliptic curves to integer partitions.
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Vaccines have granted families in wealthy countries the luxury of forgetting what measles, polio, rubella, and other preventable diseases are like.
We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved.
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8
We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved.
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8
April 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Vaccines have granted families in wealthy countries the luxury of forgetting what measles, polio, rubella, and other preventable diseases are like.
We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved.
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8
We're looking at how many millions of lives vaccines have saved.
Read the full story: https://go.nature.com/42Aj3Y8
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Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.
go.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
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Ae Ja Yee, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social will give an Invited Address at the CT Convention Center on April 5 at the Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting.
The title of the talk is "Partition Statistics and the Littlewood Decomposition"
Read more: meetings.ams.org/math/spring2...
The title of the talk is "Partition Statistics and the Littlewood Decomposition"
Read more: meetings.ams.org/math/spring2...
April 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ae Ja Yee, @pennstateuniv.bsky.social will give an Invited Address at the CT Convention Center on April 5 at the Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting.
The title of the talk is "Partition Statistics and the Littlewood Decomposition"
Read more: meetings.ams.org/math/spring2...
The title of the talk is "Partition Statistics and the Littlewood Decomposition"
Read more: meetings.ams.org/math/spring2...
Reposted by Nicolas Allen Smoot
Scientific conferences attract thousands of foreign researchers to the United States every year. But some are reassessing their travel plans because of objections to U.S. policy and fears of being interrogated or detained by customs officials.
International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance
Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans
scim.ag
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Scientific conferences attract thousands of foreign researchers to the United States every year. But some are reassessing their travel plans because of objections to U.S. policy and fears of being interrogated or detained by customs officials.
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Science under attack – How the Trump administration affects the academic landscape in the US.
An interview with Sociologist and political scientist Alexandra Lieben of #UCLA and Contemporary historian Maximilian Brockhaus (#univie) about the effects of these massive cuts. 🇺🇸 🥊
An interview with Sociologist and political scientist Alexandra Lieben of #UCLA and Contemporary historian Maximilian Brockhaus (#univie) about the effects of these massive cuts. 🇺🇸 🥊
Austrian scientists in the USA describe a climate of uncertainty and fear
Science under attack – How the Trump administration affects the academic landscape in the US
medienportal.univie.ac.at
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Science under attack – How the Trump administration affects the academic landscape in the US.
An interview with Sociologist and political scientist Alexandra Lieben of #UCLA and Contemporary historian Maximilian Brockhaus (#univie) about the effects of these massive cuts. 🇺🇸 🥊
An interview with Sociologist and political scientist Alexandra Lieben of #UCLA and Contemporary historian Maximilian Brockhaus (#univie) about the effects of these massive cuts. 🇺🇸 🥊
Reposted by Nicolas Allen Smoot
Reposted by Nicolas Allen Smoot
James A. Sellers, Nicolas Allen Smoot
Explaining Unforeseen Congruence Relationships Between PEND and POND Partitions via an Atkin--Lehner Involution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16019
Explaining Unforeseen Congruence Relationships Between PEND and POND Partitions via an Atkin--Lehner Involution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16019
March 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
James A. Sellers, Nicolas Allen Smoot
Explaining Unforeseen Congruence Relationships Between PEND and POND Partitions via an Atkin--Lehner Involution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16019
Explaining Unforeseen Congruence Relationships Between PEND and POND Partitions via an Atkin--Lehner Involution
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16019
#MarchforScience in Vienna on 7 March.
March 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#MarchforScience in Vienna on 7 March.
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I’m like 99% sure that mice don’t even have genders.
March 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m like 99% sure that mice don’t even have genders.
I'll be there! ❤️
We’re standing up for science ! 🤝
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science.
The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
TWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'll be there! ❤️
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Debunking can be a fun way to find an audience in science communication, but I think it can be over-relied on.
We should be celebrating more than we are defending, not just because it’s less miserable, but also because it’s good marketing!
We should be celebrating more than we are defending, not just because it’s less miserable, but also because it’s good marketing!
January 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Debunking can be a fun way to find an audience in science communication, but I think it can be over-relied on.
We should be celebrating more than we are defending, not just because it’s less miserable, but also because it’s good marketing!
We should be celebrating more than we are defending, not just because it’s less miserable, but also because it’s good marketing!
My paper with Koustav Banerjee is finally published in Mathematische Zeitschrift. The subject is modular congruence families. This is my first paper exploring the notion of the congruence kernel, a certain algebraic structure associated with the more difficult congruence families.
The localization method applied to k-elongated plane partitions and divisibility by 5
link.springer.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My paper with Koustav Banerjee is finally published in Mathematische Zeitschrift. The subject is modular congruence families. This is my first paper exploring the notion of the congruence kernel, a certain algebraic structure associated with the more difficult congruence families.