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Summer Symposium in Real Analysis XLII
"The Saint-Petersburg - The White Nights' Symposium"

REPORT ON THE SUMMER SYMPOSIUM IN REAL ANALYSIS XLII
Steklov Institute of Mathematics and Herzen University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
June 9-14, 2018

The 42nd Summer Symposium in Real Analysis (The Saint- - The White Nights' Symposium) was held at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics and Herzen University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia from June 9 through June 14, 2018.

A note from Paul Humke, Editor-in-Chief of the Real Analysis Exchange:

The success of our conferences depends on a great deal of leadership and work by many people and it is wholly appropriate that I thank them and acknowledge their efforts on our behalf.

This year Yuri Andreev has provided the energy and leadership to enable this conference to be held in Russia, and I owe him a great personal debt for all his effort. Without the help of co-organizers, Sergei Kislyakov, the Director of the Steklov Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Victor Budaev, the Head of Mathematics Faculty of Herzen University this conference would simply not have been possible. Too, I'm grateful to Alexander Olevskii, Valentin Skvortsov, and Maria Skopina for their essential local support, and the plenary speakers.

In addition to the formal mathematical program, time was set aside for research collaboration.

This year's "ANDY'' was awarded to Sergei Konyagin.

Congratulations, Sergei!

Four Small "ANDY"s were also awarded.

Generally speaking, this is award for the international scientific and cultural collaboration. This year it was given to those of participants who had essential difficulties "on the way" to the conference (preparations, travel and so on) but finally came.

Slobodan Tričković -- As a new face, Slobodan had been out of company and he always had been lost. And even from the beginning, he had a problems to reach a site from the airport.

Bernd Kirchheim -- Bernd moves around the world, and there is a question: how and where apply for a Visa. It was not clear at all. Finally, he did it!

Trevor Richards -- Trevor did his first overseas! (with two stops and changes during flight) Moreover, he had been out of US by the first time. Great experience!

Paul Humke -- All flights from the departure airport had been cancelled just two day before conference because of the runway damage. But finally he came exactly at the first day of the conference.

The conference featured invited one-hour plenary addresses by:

Sergei Konyagin
Vladimir Bogachov
Natalia Kholshchevnikova
Bernd Kirchheim
Evgeny Semenov

and one-hour special sessions by:

Chris Ciesielski

as well as 33 contributed talks. Following is the participant list is the program of the Symposium, and then the summaries of the talks. The editorial board of the EXCHANGE wishes to thank the speakers for preparing these summaries.

PARTICIPANTS

Saint-Petersburg

Victor Budaev (Herzen University), Dmitry Pavlov (Herzen University), Aleksandr Florinskiy (Saint-Petersburg State University), Oleg Reinov (Saint-Petersburg State University), Serguei Kisliakov (Mathematical Institute of RAS /PDMI/), Elena Riss (Herzen University), Aleksandr Krivoshein (Saint-Petersburg State University), Serguei Rukshin (Herzen University), Elena Lebedeva (Saint-Petersburg State University), and Maria Skopina (Saint-Petersburg State University).

Russia and former Soviet Republics

Vladimir Bogachov (Moscow State University and HSE Moscow), Julia Plotnikova (Vologda State Academy of Milk Industry), Natalia Kholshchevnikova (Moscow State University of Technology), Artyom Radomskii (Mathematical Institute of RAS, Moscow), Sergei Konyagin (Mathematical Institute of RAS, Moscow) , Evgeny Semenov (Voronezh State University), Yuri Malykhin (Mathematical Institute of RAS, Moscow), Selena Sharonova (Tolyatti), Vazgen Mikayelyan (Yerevan State University, Armenia), Valentin Skvortsov (Moscow State University), Mikhail Plotnikov (Vologda State University), and Sergei Voronov (University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow).

North America

Ali A. Alikhani-Koopaei (Pennsylvania State University, PA), Paul Humke (St.Olaf College, MN), Svetlana Butler (University of California, Santa Barbara, CA), Fabio Milner (Arizona State University, AZ), Chris Ciesielski (West Virginia University, WV), Boris Mityagin (Ohio State University, OH), Don Cohn (Suffolk University, MA), and Trevor Richards (Monmouth College, IL).

Asia and Africa

Pratulananda Das (Jadavpur University, India), Shamim Shariat (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran), Pranav Sharma (Lovely Professional University, India), Jun Kawabe (Shinshu University, Japan), Palani Shunmugaraj (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India), Daniyal Israfilov (Balikesir University, Turkey), and Soroosh Farsani (Koosha College of Applied Science and Technology, Iran).

Europe

Damir Ferizovic (Technical University of Graz, Austria), Jacek Hejduk (Łódź University, Poland), Martin Doleźal (Institute of Mathematics AS CR, Czech Republic), Graźyna Horbaczewska (Łódź University, Poland), Martin Koc (RSJ, Czech Republic), Małgorzata Filipczak (Łódź University, Poland), Martin Rmoutil (Charles University, Czech Republic), Anna Loranty (Łódź University, Poland), Janusz Morawiec (Institute of Mathematics, University of Silesia, Poland), Bernd Kirchheim (Leipzig University, Germany), Piotr Sworowski (Casimirus the Great University, Poland), Nikolaos Macheras (University of Piraeus, Greece), Tatiana Sworowska (Poland), Francesco Maiale (University of Pisa, Italy), Tričković (University of Nis, Serbia), and Emanuel Chetcuti (University of Malta, Malta).