Pablo Miranda - Spectral Theory and Mathematical Physics: STMP 2018, Santiago, Chile

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This volume contains the proceedings of the conference Spectral Theory and Mathematical Physics (STMP) that took place at the Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile (PUC), Santiago, in December 2018. The main purpose of this conference was to bring together a number of young researchers in spectral theory and mathematical physics, and some established specialists in this field, to connect people from different schools and generations, give them the opportunity to exchange ideas and start new collaboration. The conference STMP was organized within the framework of the grant for international networking of young researchers (Grant REDI170562) financed by the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). We were also supported by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) international collaboration grant PICS07851. The organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial support of CONICYT, CNRS, the Vice-Rectory of Research and the Faculty of Mathematics of PUC, the International Association of Mathematical Physics, and the Chilean National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT). Special gratitude is due to the Faculty of Mathematics of PUC for hosting the conference and to its administrative staff for their logistic help in the organization of STMP.

As editors, we are grateful to the authors who contributed to this book and to the referees for their professional and time-consuming work. We would also like to thank Liliya Simeonova for handling manuscripts and referee reports and for technical assistance in the preparation of this volume.

It has become a tradition to organize in Santiago de Chile conferences on spectral theory and mathematical physics and to publish their proceedings. The present publication is the third of the series. The proceedings of Spectral Days 2010 and those of STMP 2014 were published by Springer in 2012 and 2016, respectively. We hope to maintain this tradition in the future.