David Kazhdan

David Kazhdan
Born (1946-06-20) 20 June 1946 (age 78)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forKazhdan–Lusztig polynomial
Kazhdan–Margulis theorem
Kazhdan's property (T)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorAlexandre Kirillov
Doctoral studentsMisha Verbitsky
Vladimir Voevodsky

David Kazhdan (Hebrew: דוד קשדן), born Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kazhdan (Russian: Дми́трий Александро́вич Кажда́н), is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow.