Prof. Cornelia Drutu

PhD, Habilitation

Status

Academic Faculty

Professor of Mathematics

+44 1865 273562

Contact form

https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/drutu/

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-8124

Research groups

Address

Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Major / recent publications

C. Drutu, J. Mackay, Random groups, random graphs and eigenvalues of p-Laplacians, Adv. Math. 341 (2019), 188--254.

C. Drutu, P. Nowak, Kazhdan projections, random walks and ergodic theorems, to appear in Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelle's Journal), online version available https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/crll.ahead-of-print/crelle-2017-0002/c…

Highlighted publications

Random groups, random graphs and eigenvalues of p-Laplacians

Drutu, C Mackay, J Advances in Mathematics (30 Oct 2018) http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.04130v2

Geometry of infinitely presented small cancellation groups, Rapid Decay
and quasi-homomorphisms

Arzhantseva, G Drutu, C Canadian Journal of Mathematics (21 Aug 2018) http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.5280v2

Combinatorial higher dimensional isoperimetry and divergence

Behrstock, J Drutu, C Journal of Topology and Analysis (03 Nov 2017) http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.01518v1

Kazhdan projections, random walks and ergodic theorems

Drutu Badea, C Nowak, P Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik volume 2019 issue 754 49-86 (18 Mar 2017)

Median structures on asymptotic cones and homomorphisms into mapping
class groups

Behrstock, J Drutu, C Sapir, M Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. volume 102 issue 3 503-554 (29 Oct 2008) http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5376v4

Kazhdan and Haagerup properties from the median viewpoint

Chatterji, I Drutu, C Haglund, F Adv. Math. volume 225 issue 2 882-921 (29 Apr 2007) http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3749v4

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

Whitehead Prize 2009

Preferred address

Mathematical Institute Andrew Wiles Building University of Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6GG, United Kingdom

Highlighted books

Geometric group theory Druţu, C Kapovich, M (28 Mar 2018)

Recent publications

Higher dimensional divergence for mapping class groups

Behrstock, J Drutu, C Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (07 May 2019) http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2994v4

DIVERGENCE IN LATTICES IN SEMISIMPLE LIE GROUPS AND GRAPHS OF GROUPS (vol 362, pg 2451, 2010)

Drutu, C Mozes, S Sapir, M TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY volume 370 issue 1 749-754 (Jan 2018) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000414149300025&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e

Median geometry for spaces with measured walls and for groups

Chatterji, I Druţu, C (01 Aug 2017)

Divergence, thick groups, and short conjugators

Behrstock, J Drutu, C Illinois Journal of Mathematics (06 Nov 2015) http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5005v1

Addendum: Median structures on asymptotic cones and homomorphisms into mapping class groups

Drutu Badea, C Behrstock, J Sapir, M Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. volume 102 issue 3 555-562 (2011)

Research interests

Geometric group theory, ergodic theory, applications to number theory