Mathematician:Simon Kirwan Donaldson

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Mathematician

English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson-Thomas theory, and his contributions to Kähler geometry.


Fields Medal

Simon Kirwan Donaldson was awarded a Fields Medal in $\text {1986}$ at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berkeley, California, USA:

Received medal primarily for his work on topology of four-manifolds, especially for showing that there is a differential structure on Euclidian four-space which is different from the usual structure.


Wolf Prize

Simon Kirwan Donaldson was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics with Yakov Eliashberg in $\text {2008}$:

For their contributions to differential geometry and topology.


Nationality

English


History

  • Born: 20 August 1957 in Cambridge, England


Theorems and Definitions

Results named for Simon Kirwan Donaldson can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Simon Kirwan Donaldson can be found here.


Publications

  • 1983: Self-dual connections and the topology of smooth 4-manifolds
  • 2002: Floer homology groups in Yang-Mills theory
  • 2011: Riemann surfaces


Also known as

Full name with title: Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson


Sources