@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzA bit of good news!Β Β our #PurdueFortWayne π department collaborates with Indiana University and #IUI on an annual conference series, which has been supported by the National Science Foundation for approx. 10 years.Β We have just received notice that this year's grant has been approved at allβ¦
@grumpybozo@toad.socialRandom tangent: I heard recently that a native turtle in Florida has been found eating them as well, not by any sort of toxin avoidance, but because they have a genetic immunity to bufotoxin.
https://mathstodon.xyz/@gregeganSF/115033012119880479
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzParticle creation in a cosmological background in analogy to the #Schwinger effect: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09481-> summary from 1st author: https://scicomm.xyz/@ncgnl@mathstodon.xyz/115383289061077503 / thread from 3rd author: https://scicomm.xyz/@hfalcke@mastodon.social/115383564116913734
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzThe #math department at #PurdueFortWayne π welcomes two new tenure-track faculty!
Vahan Mkrtchyan's research is in #GraphTheory and theoretical computer science :k33: :k5:
Liding β¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzA moment of alertness briefly interrupts #Caturday snooze time for Pedro the #Math Cat π
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy latest #MathReviews math review has appeared! βοΈ π
link for subscribers =
https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/article?mr=4912134
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzThe Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis at #PurdueFortWayne π continued this morning with a talk by @… on the asymptotics of tilings π° :cube:
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzRetired high school teacher, and former #PurdueFortWayne π Limited-term Lecturer and Visiting Instructor Bob Lovell is featured in this local #PBS Arts IN Focus video about his mathematical quilt-making hobby.
12:27 YouTube Video
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz(Follow-Up to an earlier paper about #GRB250702B in the thread) Discovery of a #GammaRayBurst from a #BlackHole Falling into a Star: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22792 -> discussion https://scicomm.xyz/@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz/115371873692093048
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzIn case anyone was wondering whether cats have facial expressions, here's Pedro the #Math Cat π giving the stinkeye to some geese in the moat.
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon
@mro@digitalcourage.socialπ¨ A working QR code in the style β¦ | @…
https://mathstodon.xyz/@OscarCunningham/115049490241833844
β¦ of Piet Mondrian. Iβ¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPhotos from the Fort Wayne Actuarial and Data Science Picnic π π , on the #PurdueFortWayne π campus today.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nNZZ5RiwYEpAVDw48
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social @AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzAt the bus station - the final leg of A. Sukhov's long journey from France π«π· to Fort Wayne. His talk at the Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis is later today.
http://mwaa.math.indianapolis.iu.edu/
@aral@mastodon.ar.alFolks, Alaa is still in the North. She cannot evacuate due to lack of money.
Please help if you can.
π
#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified
@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl@… #sewing
@…
Amusing sewing anecdote:
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzSunday sunbeam snuggles for Pedro the #Math Cat π
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz @AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy latest #MathReviews math review has appeared! 𫧠β
link for subscribers =
https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/article?mr=4805506
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzjust got nerd sniped into learning TikZ.
#AcademicProblems :k5:
@aral@mastodon.ar.alEveryone, @… is in extreme danger in the North and cannot evacuate due to lack of funds.
The cradle of inhumanity, Israel, has decreed open season on anyone in the North in the latest phase of its genocide.
Alaa and her child need $1,500 to evacuate.
You will literally be saving their lives.
Please help if you can and share so others mightβ¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy friend Zorak trying to hitch a ride on my windshield
#Indiana
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzOut of all the categories of manifolds - smooth, complex analytic, semialgebraic, \(\mathcal C^2\), symplectic, ..., it's still a little surprising to me that the one discussed the most on Mastodon is PL.
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz @AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy colleague π Prof. M. Drouin receiving a science research award from my colleague emeritus R. Pippert
#PurdueFortWayne
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy talk on "A gradient inequality for continuous functions" at the AMS Sectional meeting in St. Louis is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:45. π§βπ«
#MathConference #RealAnalysis #PDE
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzThe Call for Papers (and posters) is now open for the #Indiana #MAA section meeting, Sat. October 18 at Taylor University.
https://www.indiana.maa.org/β¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzAt another tourist attraction in Central #Indiana , the Bluespring Caverns π¦ - with an interesting guided boat tour of a long underground river.
#Geology #Speleology
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPedro the #Math Cat π having a stripey #Caturday
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzCast of critters adds to mystique of PFW campus | Purdue University Fort Wayne π πΏοΈ π¦ https://share.google/T9hABaY9aImTdZOxV
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzI asked about getting a Covid shot at Meijer today. The clerk said I needed a prescription.
Just an inconvenience for me, I'll be back. Maybe more of a problem for many others.
#vaccination #VaccinesSaveLives
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzRemoving Kessler syndrome debris with an AI-guided army of space robots... maybe we could call it ... Skynet ?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzAt a tourist trap candy store in Central Indiana with a planetary science theme π΅
#Astronomy
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz( \(2^{nd}\) announcement)
The #Springer Problem Book for the Indiana College Mathematics Competition (2001-2023) is now available in a (slightly less expensive) softcover format! This book, edited by me, J. Gash, R. Gillman, and @… , can be used by stuβ¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy annual caramel apple π at the Johnny Appleseed festival in #FortWayne
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzπ
#PurdueFortWayne
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzMy "short communication" has been accepted for #ICM2026 ! The topic is in analysis but I just got the acceptance email and don't have any scheduling or other information yet. The long communication speakers are listed on the web site:
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzI got my Covid vaccination! I asked the intern why Meijer was requiring a prescription, she says it's just temporary, they are relying on doctors to prescribe until the State health department finishes developing its own guidelines, after recent changes at the federal level.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z8kgEGP5236j
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz#Nature photos from my trip to #Michigan
π» π₯ π³ ποΈ πΌ π¦ π¦ π¦β⬠𦦠π¦ π π«
https://www.flickr.com/photos/coffmβ¦
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPedro the #Math Cat π observing #Bleptember in the interior of his torus π©
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz\(1^{st}\) announcement for the 2025 Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis - October 10 - 12 at #PurdueFortWayne π .
Participant registration is now open (through Sept. 21 to be considered for travel support), follow the instructions on the web site:
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz\(0^{th}\) announcement for the 2025 Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis - October 10 - 12 at #PurdueFortWayne π .
The web site has a preliminary list of 2025 speakers including our keynote speaker Alexandre Sukhov π«π· . Online registration and the request form for travel support will be available soon on the web site:
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz @AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPhotos from the #Union #LaborDay picnic πΊπΈ π π² π» in downtown #FortWayne and also a nearby #WorkersOverBillionaires
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzFor #Caturday, Pedro the #Math Cat π exploring the interior of the Cattasaurus torusπ©
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPedro the #Math Cat π having an equinocturnal day.
#cats #CatsOfMastodon #equinox
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPedro the #Math Cat π posing for #Caturday .
#cats #CatsOfMastodon
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyzPedro the #Math Cat π having another sleepy #Caturday
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon
