"The United States' recent military actions are affecting all of us as humans ... but in particular, there are acts of aggression that are directly affecting mathematics in various countries and we're not hearing anything about it."
"On Monday, the United States bombed Sharif University of Technology in Tehran-Iran's top science and engineering school ... The attack destroyed multiple buildings that housed artificial intelligence databases."
"During the U.S. effort to capture Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, U.S. air strikes damaged five centers at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research ... the center for mathematics bore the brunt of the assault and was 'completely destroyed.'"
More than 2,000 mathematicians have signed a petition urging the International Mathematics Union to relocate its 2026 conference from the U.S. The petition cites concerns over the U.S. military actions affecting mathematics globally and the potential profiling of foreign scholars by U.S. immigration authorities. Recent bombings in Iran and Venezuela have damaged key scientific institutions. IMU leaders have not publicly addressed these events or the petition, and the conference is currently set to proceed in Philadelphia as planned.
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