ICM in Philadelphia
Peter Cameron
The latest newsletter from the International Mathematical Union urges mathematicians to attend this year’s ICM in Philadelphia. It will help our beleaguered collleagues in the USA by showing support, and the organisers guarantee our personal safety.
Well, I will not be there. But after moral pressure like that, I feel called on to justify my decision. So here goes.
- I believe I do a certain amount already to support mathematicians in difficult situations. If I thought that anyone would...