David Kazhdan
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David Kazhdan is a prominent Israeli-American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, particularly the introduction of Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials and Kazhdan’s property (T).
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| David Kazhdan canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kazhdan Context triple: [Vladimir Voevodsky, doctoralAdvisor, David Kazhdan]
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Yakov Eliashberg
Yakov Eliashberg is a prominent Russian-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to symplectic and contact topology.
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Sergei Gelfand
Sergei Gelfand is a mathematician known as one of the prominent students and collaborators of the influential Soviet mathematician Israel Gelfand.
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Israel Gelfand
Israel Gelfand was a prominent Soviet and later American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to functional analysis, representation theory, and many other areas of modern mathematics.
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Alexander Beilinson
Alexander Beilinson is a prominent mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry, representation theory, and the theory of motives, including the formulation of the Beilinson conjectures.
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Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a prominent Soviet-Israeli mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Kazhdan Target entity description: David Kazhdan is a prominent Israeli-American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, particularly the introduction of Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials and Kazhdan’s property (T).
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Yakov Eliashberg
Yakov Eliashberg is a prominent Russian-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to symplectic and contact topology.
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Sergei Gelfand
Sergei Gelfand is a mathematician known as one of the prominent students and collaborators of the influential Soviet mathematician Israel Gelfand.
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C.
Israel Gelfand
Israel Gelfand was a prominent Soviet and later American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to functional analysis, representation theory, and many other areas of modern mathematics.
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Alexander Beilinson
Alexander Beilinson is a prominent mathematician known for his foundational contributions to algebraic geometry, representation theory, and the theory of motives, including the formulation of the Beilinson conjectures.
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Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro was a prominent Soviet-Israeli mathematician known for his influential work in number theory, representation theory, and automorphic forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Israel Gelfand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Harvey Prize
NERFINISHED
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Israel Prize in Mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ Leroy P. Steele Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Israel
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-06-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Moscow State University ⓘ |
| employedBy |
Harvard University
NERFINISHED
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | Kazhdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ representation theory ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Kazhdan–Lusztig conjectures
NERFINISHED
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Kazhdan–Margulis theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazhdan’s property (T) NERFINISHED ⓘ papers on representations of adelic groups ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| movedTo | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Kazhdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Kazhdan's property (T)
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Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials NERFINISHED ⓘ work in automorphic forms ⓘ work in representation theory of Lie groups ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Alexander Beilinson
NERFINISHED
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Ehud de Shalit NERFINISHED ⓘ George Lusztig NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahar Mozes NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Drinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
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Subject: David Kazhdan Description of subject: David Kazhdan is a prominent Israeli-American mathematician known for his influential work in representation theory, particularly the introduction of Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials and Kazhdan’s property (T).
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