David Kazhdan

David Kazhdan
דוד קשדן
Born (1946-06-20) 20 June 1946
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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: Дмитрий Александрович Каждан; born 20 June 1946), is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow.