I work on Whitney Problems, developing the theory of interpolation, extension, and approximation in different function spaces.

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and CLE Moore Instructor in the Mathematics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

CV

• MarjorieKDrakeCV.pdf

Publications

• M. K. Drake, Finiteness Principles for Smooth Convex Functions, Adv. Math. 445 (2024). arxiv

• C. Fefferman, M. Drake, K. Ren, & A. Skorobogatova, Sobolev Extension in a Simple Case, Adv. Nonlin. Stud.  (to appear) arxiv

• D. Azagra, M. Drake, & P. Hajłasz, C2-Lusin Approximation of Strongly Convex Functions, Invent. Math. arxiv 

• M. K. Drake, Approximate Extension in Sobolev Space, Adv. Math. 420 (2023).  arxiv

Current Teaching (Spring '24)

• 18.102 Intro to Functional Analysis (Canvas), MIT access only
  
  

Contact: mkdrake@mit.edu