以表彰他們對表示論，以及許多其他數學領域的重大影響和深遠貢獻。
2020年度邵逸夫數學科學獎平均頒予亞歷山大・貝林森 (Alexander Beilinson) 和大衛・卡茲丹 (David Kazhdan)，以表彰他們對表示論，以及許多其他數學領域的重大影響和深遠貢獻。亞歷山大・貝林森是美國芝加哥大學大衛和瑪麗・溫頓格林講座 教授。大衛・卡茲丹是以色列耶路撒冷希伯來大學數學教授。
亞歷山大・貝林森和大衛・卡茲丹兩位數學家對被稱為表示論的數學分支作出了深遠貢獻，他們也為許多其他領域帶來根本性的影響而聞名，例如算術幾何學、K理論、共形場論、數論、代數和複數幾何、 群論以及廣泛的代數領域。除了證明重要定理，他們還創造了一些概念性工具，這些工具對其他數學家取得突破至關重要。他們的工作既深且廣，促進了諸多數學領域的長足發展。
Alexander Beilinson and David Kazhdan have made profound contributions to the branch of mathematics known as representation theory, and are also famous for the fundamental influence they have had on many other areas, such as arithmetic geometry, K-theory, conformal field theory, number theory, algebraic and complex geometry, group theory, and algebra more generally. As well as proving remarkable theorems themselves, they have created conceptual tools that have been essential to many breakthroughs of other mathematicians. Thanks to their work and its exceptionally broad reach, large areas of mathematics are significantly more advanced than would otherwise have been possible.
