◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys.dxiong.com)(xys.3322.org)(xys.xlogit.com)◇◇   亚洲数学期刊前任编委Richard Brent教授澄清谣言   Yush   针对以“[匿名]义大于利”的名义在丁伟岳教授的BLOG的评论中发布、并且 在/博/讯新闻网“首发”的、八/阕和文学/城等网站亦转载散布的、以《牛津大 学Brent教授怒斥丘成桐学术腐败,愤然辞职》为题的谣言,亚洲数学期刊(AJM) 前任编委Richard Brent教授近日作出澄清,原文如下(见 http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~brent/index.html):   I was an editor of Asian Journal of Mathematics from 1997 to 2006. On 1 September 2006 I resigned as an editor because AJM seldom gets submissions in my research area, and I did not want to be embroiled in any controversy concerning papers that were outside my area of expertise. Unfortunately my resignation has been interpreted by some people as a criticism of AJM. This interpretation is unwarranted and no more should be read into my resignation than what I have stated above.   Richard Brent   29 September 2006   译文如下:   本人于1997年至2006年担任亚洲数学期刊编辑。2006年9月1日,我辞去了编 辑职务,原因是AJM很少有我研究领域的投稿,我也不想牵扯进有关我专业领域 之外的论文的任何争议。不幸的是,我的辞职被某些人解释为对AJM的批评。这 个解释是无根据的。除我上述声明外,对我的辞职不应进一步曲解。   Richard Brent   2006年9月29日 (XYS20060930) ◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys.dxiong.com)(xys.3322.org)(xys.xlogit.com)◇◇