Save pure mathematics at the VU University Amsterdam Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-pure-mathematics-at-the-vu-university-amsterdam.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 12:19 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Dr Chris Woodward [Signature #4112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10821123?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Jul 2011 07:45:56 UTC 10821123 Dr Anonymous [Signature #4111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10807685?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:00:21 UTC 10807685 Mr Yurii Khomskii [Signature #4110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10807475?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Jul 2011 07:51:44 UTC 10807475 Dr Ingrid Daubechies [Signature #4109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10800635?utm_medium=rss This signer is President of the International Mathematical Union

]]> Sun, 3 Jul 2011 02:54:16 UTC 10800635 Mr Eric Faber [Signature #4108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10781926?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:57:06 UTC 10781926 Prof. Bert Schellekens [Signature #4107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10781501?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:40:07 UTC 10781501 Mr Drian van der Woude [Signature #4106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10775876?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:52:00 UTC 10775876 Mr Guido Van Miert [Signature #4105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10775374?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:28:14 UTC 10775374 Mr Ömer Akgüller [Signature #4104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10774850?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:04:00 UTC 10774850 Dr Fiammetta Conforto [Signature #4103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10759003?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:40:54 UTC 10759003 Mr Anonymous [Signature #4102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10744835?utm_medium=rss Please prevent the relegation of the pure sciences due to short-sighted, immediate agendas. Geometry is as fundamental to the Mathematical Sciences as the first foundation stone of a highrise.

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:19:03 UTC 10744835 Mr. Bram Petri [Signature #4101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10743117?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:58:24 UTC 10743117 Ms Arundhati Ghosh [Signature #4100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10733030?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:33:10 UTC 10733030 Dr Vijaykumar Singh [Signature #4099] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727941?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:34:29 UTC 10727941 Mr Utsav Choudhury [Signature #4098] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727715?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:44:21 UTC 10727715 Mr Sudipto Sanyal [Signature #4097] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10727171?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:28:09 UTC 10727171 Mr Indraneel Mukherjee [Signature #4096] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10726644?utm_medium=rss I am not familiar with the details of the financial difficulties that VU Amsterdam is facing. But unless there is absolutely no other course left, firing recently tenured faculty for financial reasons is, in my understanding, a breach of contract, and therefore unacceptable.

]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:39:06 UTC 10726644 Ms Celia Dominguez [Signature #4095] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10703269?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:31:14 UTC 10703269 Mr Bogdan Banu [Signature #4094] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10690873?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:45:38 UTC 10690873 Mr Lucas Sacchetto [Signature #4093] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10682808?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:53:16 UTC 10682808 Prof Dr Claudio Gorodski [Signature #4092] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10682525?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:21 UTC 10682525 Mr Zi Wang [Signature #4091] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10682084?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:28:16 UTC 10682084 prof Emmanuel Farjoun [Signature #4090] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10678464?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:51:56 UTC 10678464 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #4089] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10650254?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:13:01 UTC 10650254 Dr Elzbieta Wagner-Bojakowska [Signature #4088] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10648603?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Jun 2011 01:30:32 UTC 10648603 Mrs Alice Patania [Signature #4087] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10644002?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jun 2011 03:38:00 UTC 10644002 Dr Colm O dunlaing [Signature #4086] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10643056?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:49:56 UTC 10643056 Prof. Azriel Levy [Signature #4085] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10638665?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:29:00 UTC 10638665 Dr Le Marrec Loic [Signature #4084] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10636994?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 03:47:49 UTC 10636994 Dr Peter Johnson [Signature #4083] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10636079?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 01:20:27 UTC 10636079 Dr Janneke Balk [Signature #4082] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10633049?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Jun 2011 03:33:42 UTC 10633049 Dr Jerzy Kocik [Signature #4081] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10615445?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:55:14 UTC 10615445 Prof Svante Janson [Signature #4080] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10612043?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:39:27 UTC 10612043 Miss Anonymous [Signature #4079] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10607359?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Jun 2011 04:17:34 UTC 10607359 Ms Anonymous [Signature #4078] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10606743?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Jun 2011 02:49:59 UTC 10606743 Dr Andrew Brooke-Taylor [Signature #4077] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10597648?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:54:16 UTC 10597648 Pr Karim Belabas [Signature #4076] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10597536?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:34:32 UTC 10597536 Dr. Jill Cochran [Signature #4075] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10597135?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:39:50 UTC 10597135 Dr Amaël Broustet [Signature #4074] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10596812?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:46:49 UTC 10596812 Mr Mikhail Tikhomirov [Signature #4073] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10594611?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 Jun 2011 04:37:23 UTC 10594611 Miss Bregje Pauwels [Signature #4072] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10591321?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 May 2011 06:16:25 UTC 10591321 Dr Antonio Lascurain Orive [Signature #4071] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10579654?utm_medium=rss Art and Nature are the highest values, to kill geometry is outregous

]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 12:40:01 UTC 10579654 Dr Sheila Sandon [Signature #4070] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10579170?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 11:11:07 UTC 10579170 Mr Anonymous [Signature #4069] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10576145?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 May 2011 02:52:14 UTC 10576145 Dr Christopher Goddard [Signature #4068] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10568383?utm_medium=rss Mathematics is, at its most fundamental level, the study of structure. By forgetting and neglecting such in order to focus on profits or short term benefit, will not do much to serve the future interests of a society that makes such decisions. Over the last 20 years in Australia universities have been restructured to become more like businesses; as a consequence humanities & mathematics departments are now impossible places to work, and the goals of the enlightenment project all but forgotten.

]]> Sat, 28 May 2011 10:13:20 UTC 10568383 Magister Artium Anonymous [Signature #4067] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10564748?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 May 2011 08:00:04 UTC 10564748 Mr Sergey Fedorov [Signature #4066] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10562050?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2011 05:25:45 UTC 10562050 Dr Jesse Burke [Signature #4065] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10558217?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2011 07:11:34 UTC 10558217 Mr Thomas Roth [Signature #4064] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10556813?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 May 2011 03:06:26 UTC 10556813 Prof J T Stafford [Signature #4063] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10551751?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 12:06:24 UTC 10551751 Dr s.sajjad gashti [Signature #4062] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10549351?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 May 2011 06:24:37 UTC 10549351 Mr Anonymous [Signature #4061] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10546265?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 07:39:54 UTC 10546265 Dr Alexis Virelizier [Signature #4060] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10542798?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 10:07:18 UTC 10542798 Mr. Jacob Klausen [Signature #4059] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10542198?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 08:26:05 UTC 10542198 Prof Suhyoung Choi [Signature #4058] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10539897?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 May 2011 02:31:16 UTC 10539897 Dr David A. Stone [Signature #4057] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10538529?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 08:58:30 UTC 10538529 Dr Alexander Engström [Signature #4056] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10538163?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 07:25:07 UTC 10538163 Dr Teruyuki Yorioka [Signature #4055] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10535230?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 10:14:28 UTC 10535230 Prof Nikita Shekutkovski [Signature #4054] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10532933?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 May 2011 04:24:46 UTC 10532933 Professor Yaroslav Kurylev [Signature #4053] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10532102?utm_medium=rss Being an Applied Analyst myself, I strongly appreciate the unity of mathematics.

]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 01:31:19 UTC 10532102 Dr. Jakob Stix [Signature #4052] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10527711?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 May 2011 11:29:51 UTC 10527711 Prof Eli Levin [Signature #4051] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10513577?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 May 2011 03:40:30 UTC 10513577 Mr. James-Michael Leahy [Signature #4050] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10509949?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 01:52:53 UTC 10509949 Prof Max Karoubi [Signature #4049] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10508083?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 08:27:57 UTC 10508083 Ms Anonymous [Signature #4048] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10506622?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 May 2011 04:13:35 UTC 10506622 Mr. Rishi Raj [Signature #4047] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10504586?utm_medium=rss Your proposal to close the Geometry Section is short-sighted, and seems to be motivated by a lack of appreciation for Pure Mathematics. It is also incredibly unfair to the tenured faculty you propose to terminate. Remember: the financial situation of VU University may improve, but its reputation in the Mathematics world will suffer for years, and you will find it very hard to attract good Mathematicians for your tenured positions in the future.

]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 06:17:08 UTC 10504586 Dr Daniel Larsson [Signature #4046] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10503994?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 May 2011 04:13:08 UTC 10503994 Mr David Badley-Williams [Signature #4045] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10501439?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 May 2011 09:57:54 UTC 10501439 Dr Jouan Philippe [Signature #4044] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10500085?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 May 2011 06:44:50 UTC 10500085 Dr Oswaldo Araujo [Signature #4043] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10496835?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 04:51:08 UTC 10496835 Mr Carsten Dietzel [Signature #4042] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10496307?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 03:29:18 UTC 10496307 Mr Malvin Gattinger [Signature #4041] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10496298?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 03:27:37 UTC 10496298 Prof. Dr. Christian Bär [Signature #4040] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10494760?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 11:43:14 UTC 10494760 Mr Alexander Schickedanz [Signature #4039] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10493620?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 08:47:36 UTC 10493620 Dr Fay Dowker [Signature #4038] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10493369?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 08:11:25 UTC 10493369 Dr Richard Hain [Signature #4037] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10492349?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 05:23:00 UTC 10492349 Mr Jesus Gonzalo [Signature #4036] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10492166?utm_medium=rss When the university's administration goes unreasonable, it is the moment to unite against abuse, not the moment to kill each
other within your Department. Doing otherwise is suicidal.
Think a little, and find less harmful ways to get rid of unwanted colleages.

]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 04:47:29 UTC 10492166 Dr Pirita Paajanen [Signature #4035] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10491493?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 02:46:25 UTC 10491493 Prof Ron Livne [Signature #4034] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10491260?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 May 2011 01:36:47 UTC 10491260 Professor Marie-Francoise Roy [Signature #4033] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10491027?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 11:55:27 UTC 10491027 Dr Anonymous [Signature #4032] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10488615?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 01:56:58 UTC 10488615 Mr Lars Aiken [Signature #4031] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10488456?utm_medium=rss The sheer absurdity of this entire plan boggles the mind.

]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 01:35:43 UTC 10488456 Dr Maria Luisa Colasante [Signature #4030] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10487379?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 11:01:13 UTC 10487379 Dr Hal Sadofsky [Signature #4029] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10486531?utm_medium=rss It is short-sighted for any serious university to
neglect pure mathematics. While applied mathematics has genuine appeal, historically the most important developments in mathematics that result in important applications have come from what was considered to be pure mathematics at the time the work was done.

]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 08:54:18 UTC 10486531 Dr María Teresa Rivas Rodríguez [Signature #4028] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10484892?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 May 2011 04:30:30 UTC 10484892 Dr Edixon Rojas [Signature #4027] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10483721?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 11:23:19 UTC 10483721 Ms Anonymous [Signature #4026] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10481986?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 04:10:02 UTC 10481986 Mr Guido Senden [Signature #4025] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10481732?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 03:43:02 UTC 10481732 Mr Ramón Urquijo [Signature #4024] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10479305?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 11:21:02 UTC 10479305 Prof. Dr. Peter Boyvalenkov [Signature #4023] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10475253?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 May 2011 03:58:48 UTC 10475253 Prof John Sullivan [Signature #4022] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10470180?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 03:02:45 UTC 10470180 Dr Ivan Todorov [Signature #4021] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10469039?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:35:18 UTC 10469039 Mr Mahmoud Filali [Signature #4020] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10468145?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 12:06:18 UTC 10468145 Dr Daniel Sage [Signature #4019] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467815?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 11:14:21 UTC 10467815 Mr Niels uit de Bos [Signature #4018] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10467446?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 10:23:12 UTC 10467446 Mr Gereon Kaiping [Signature #4017] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10465409?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 05:35:34 UTC 10465409 Mr CAMILO ANDRES ANGULO SANTACRUZ [Signature #4016] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10465021?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 04:17:57 UTC 10465021 Professor Akio Kato [Signature #4015] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10464281?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 May 2011 01:30:15 UTC 10464281 Prof Steffen Koenig [Signature #4014] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10458137?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 May 2011 02:39:08 UTC 10458137 Dr. Atish Mitra [Signature #4013] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10456736?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 May 2011 03:21:04 UTC 10456736