Final-year B.Sc. Mathematics and Physics student at the University of Groningen. With Arthemy Kiselev, I compute the constants that arise when the Lie bracket of vector fields on the line is extended to $N$ arguments; they form the new integer sequence OEIS A392714. I am pursuing their connections to flag varieties and Schubert calculus, and establishing the structure of the late-growing permutations that arise in the computation.
B.Sc. Mathematics and Physics (double degree)
University of Groningen, Bernoulli Institute. Enrolled in the Honours College programme.
graduate courses (audited)
Geometry and Topology: Bundles, Brackets, Bivectors A. V. Kiselev, 2025‑26 · lecture 2 notes
Geometry and Differential Equations A. V. Kiselev, 2027
Sahyadri School KFI, Pune, India
preprints
K. C. Shah and A. V. Kiselev, The counts of parity-odd vs even late-growing permutations in the group $S_{2p-1}$ differ by $(-1)^p$, arXiv:2610.35779 [math.CO], 2026.
K. C. Shah and A. V. Kiselev, New integer sequence OEIS A392714 counts Wronskians: fast evaluation via late-growing permutations, arXiv:2610.08636 [math.NT], 2026.
K. C. Shah and A. V. Kiselev, The alternating compositions of weighted differential operators yield the weights’ Wronskian with which constant?, arXiv:2605.11137 [math.CO], 2026.
in preparation
K. C. Shah and A. V. Kiselev, New integer sequence OEIS A392714 counts Wronskians, II. Computing within the permutation group algebra, for SciPost Physics Proceedings, 36th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics (Group36, Valladolid).
other
K. Shah, Problem 61 from KVPY 2016, At Right Angles, vol. 13, pp. 62-63, 2022. link
Alternating compositions of weighted differential operators, Wronskian identities and the const(p) programme, joint work with Arthemy Kiselev.
$L_\infty$-structures, BV formalism, derived brackets, $p$-adic valuations, parallel computation.
Minimal surfaces associated with nonpolynomial contact symmetries
Construction of infinite families of minimal surfaces, including a self-intersecting surface filling the trefoil knot.
presented
Talk, GQT Graduate School & Colloquium 2026 · slides
Geometry & Quantum Theory cluster, Groesbeek, the Netherlands.
Talk, Group36 · slides
36th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Valladolid, Spain.
Poster, ANTS XVII · poster · as a website ↗
Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium, Groningen, the Netherlands.
attended
School, ASC School on Generalized Symmetries
Arnold Sommerfeld Center, LMU Munich, Germany.
OEIS A392714
Contributed the new integer sequence const(p) and its extended b-file, verified to $p = 18$.
wronskian-constant, reproducibility artefact for arXiv:2610.08636
C++ and Python solvers, exact arithmetic via modular reduction and CRT, HPC cluster scripts. MIT licence. AI-assisted implementation (Claude); algorithm design and proofs my own.
Teaching Assistant, University of Groningen
Teaching Assistant, University of Groningen
Caltech Mathathon, Pasadena, 13-15 Nov 2026
Selected participant, USD 1,300 travel funding from Caltech.
Conference registration fees
Group36 (Valladolid) and the GQT Graduate School & Colloquium, covered by the University of Groningen.
Programme Committee, (Applied) Mathematics, Systems and Control
Chair of the student members since 2025; member 2024-25.
Organiser and host, Teacher of the Year election and award ceremony
(Applied) Mathematics, Systems and Control.
Mentor for first-year (Applied) Mathematics students
PromoTeam, (Applied) Mathematics
arXiv · Shah, K. C.with A. V. Kiselev
2605.11137 · math.CO · may 2026
Wronskian identity for iterated differential operators
2610.08636 · math.NT · oct 2026expanded extract
Fast calculation of OEIS A392714
2610.35779 · math.CO · oct 2026proof of the claim
Even vs odd late-growing permutations
arXiv:2605.11137 · math.CO
The alternating compositions of weighted differential operators yield the weights’ Wronskian with which constant?
arXiv:2610.08636 · math.NT
New integer sequence OEIS A392714 counts Wronskians: fast evaluation via late-growing permutations
arXiv:2610.35779 · math.CO
The counts of parity-odd vs even late-growing permutations in the group S₂ₚ₋₁ differ by (−1)ᵖ
OEIS
A392714
1, 2, 90, 586656, 1915103977500, ≈ 7.89·1021, ≈ 8.59·1034, ≈ 4.59·1051, ≈ 2.06·1072, ≈ 1.24·1097, ≈ 1.51·10126, ≈ 5.50·10159, …
GitHub
kiancshah/wronskian-constant
Python · C++ · MIT licence
Google Scholar
Kian C. Shah
Cited by 2
ORCID
Kian C. Shah
0009-0001-7637-5699
Cited by 2
Kian Shah
linkedin.com/in/kianshahrug
Late-growing permutations
CV · PDF
PDF · slides · 35 pages
Talk at the GQT Graduate School & Colloquium 2026
PDF · slides · 29 pages
Talk at Group36
PDF · slides · 19 pages
Honours College talk
PDF · poster · 1 page
Poster at ANTS XVII
PDF · notes · 8 pages
Geometry and Topology: lecture 2
Poster as a website
ANTS XVII poster
Research
const(p) and Wronskians
Research
Minimal surfaces

Research
Questions worth chasing
Teaching
Courses I've TA'ed
/now
Current state vector
Contact
k.shah.8@student.rug.nl
University of Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
University of Groningen
Bernoulli Institute
At Right Angles · vol. 13 · 2022
Problem 61 from KVPY 2016