Claim: Research on ABS methods involved over forty mathematicians from Hungary, UK, China, Iran and other countries, and has been the outcome of an international collaboration coordinated by Spedicato of University of Bergamo, located neither in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy nor in Milan.
Evidence: Bergamo (/ˈbɜːrɡəmoʊ/, also UK: /ˈbɛər-/; Italian: [ˈbɛrɡamo (listen); Eastern Lombard: Bèrghem [ˈbɛrɡɛm (listen); Latin: Bergŏmum) is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Milan, and approximately 30 km (19 mi) from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo, and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore.