Solidarity with Valentin Gutev

Excellent mathematician!

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

I completely support the petition! Prof. PhD G. Venkov Vice Rector of Technical University of Sofia

I have known him since we were twenty years old. This is a shame. ( [email protected])

It is sad to see that a world-known professor is treated disrespectfully. The faculty members are the most valuable asset of any university – they are those who attract students and contribute to the university ratings. I hope that the University of Malta will take into account this fact in Prof. Gutev’s case. Reneta Barneva, Professor, USA

I fully support the petition. Dr. Ivan Gotchev Professor of Mathematics Mathematical Sciences Department Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT, USA

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Professor Valentin Gutev is a World wide know mathematician, pretty active in his research, with almost one hundred of published works. It is a shame for the University of Malta to scale down his position to the lowest possible level of a resident academic.

I completely support the petition made by Professor Valov. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

I totally support the petition.

Professor Gutev is a top mathematician. Undoubtedly, he deserves to continue to work. Elza Ivanova-Dimova, Associate Professor of Mathematics (Geometry and Topology), University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski", Sofia, Bulgaria

Professor Valentin Gutev is an excellent mathematician with extraordinary results in the field of General Topology. I think that authorities of the University of Malta have to give him a chance to continue his normal academic life. Georgi Dimov, Professor of Mathematics (Topology) (retired), Dr. Habil., Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" , Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia, Bulgaria

An expert in Topology deserves to continue to work.

Professor Gutev gives international visibility to mathematics in Malta. It would be a shame to lose such a person.

Brimful support for Prof. Gutev! Valentin Brimkov, Distinguished Professor, SUNY, USA

Academia without integrity of academics and academic bodies can not exist. High achieving academics are not.onky a decorum bringing international visibility. They are also role models for their students.

Professor Gutev has my unconditional support. He is an outstanding researcher and teacher. Gleb Haynatzki, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA

From MathSciNet we are learning that Valentin has 463 citations in 190 publications. Our colleagues in Malta must bu joking. What is happening in Malta, indeed ?

Professor Gutev is a top mathematician. I hope the university will reconsider.

I know Professor Valentin Gutev since forty years, when he was a student at Sofia University. Then I was impressed by his extraordinary passion for Mathematics and more specifically, for Topology and Set Theory. His achievements in the field of Topology over the years are even more striking. I believe this was the reason why University of Malta assigned him a full-time position as a professor at the Department of Mathematics ten years ago. Then he left a similar position at the University of Durban, South Africa and moved, with his family, to Malta. In these ten years his passionate work did not diminish, this can be easily checked. This is why I am shocked, to say the least, to hear that the extension of his full-time employment was refused. I hope that authorities of the University of Malta will reconsider this decision giving Professor Gutev a chance to continue his normal academic life. Dikran Dikranjan, Professor Emeritus, Udine University, Department of Mathematics, Computers Science and Physics, via della Scienze 206, Udine 33100, Italy

Excellent mathematician!