Péter Varjú
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Princeton University
Whitehead Prize (2018)
Péter Varjú | |
|---|---|
| Born | Szeged, Hungary |
| Alma mater | University of Szeged Princeton University |
| Awards | EMS Prize (2016) Whitehead Prize (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Cambridge University |
| Thesis | Random walks and spectral gaps in linear groups (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean Bourgain |
Péter Varjú is a Hungarian mathematician who works in harmonic analysis and ergodic theory. He is a professor at the University of Cambridge.
Varjú was born in Szeged. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Szeged[1] and his doctoral studies at Princeton University, where he defended his thesis Random walks and spectral gaps in linear groups in 2011 under the supervision of Jean Bourgain.[2]
He works at the University of Cambridge, as a professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.[3]
Research
Varjú studied the construction of expander graphs with number-theoretic methods involving arithmetic groups[A] and questions about the uniform distribution of random walks in arithmetic groups with Bourgain[B] and in Euclidean isometries with Elon Lindenstrauss.[C][D]
Recognition
Varjú received the 2016 EMS Prize[4] and the 2018 Whitehead Prize.[5] As a graduate student at Princeton, he was also a Fulbright Fellow.[1]
