On 8 February 2012, 34 prominent mathematicians who had signed The Cost of Knowledge released a joint statement of purpose explaining their reasons for supporting the protest.[28][29] In addition to Timothy Gowers, Ingrid Daubechies,[30] Juan J. Manfredi,[31] Terence Tao,[28] Wendelin Werner,[28] Scott Aaronson, László Lovász, and John Baez are among the signatories.