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Also known as Simon K. Donaldson, Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson

English mathematician

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Works
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Top works

  • Riemann Surfaces
  • Collected Works
  • Selected Papers from the Journal of Differential Geometry 1967-2017, Volume 3
  • Selected Papers from the Journal of Differential Geometry 1967-2017, Volume 4
  • Selected Papers from the Journal of Differential Geometry 1967-2017, 5 Volume Set

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1926-11-01
Active to
2024-11-09
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Born
Simon Kirwan Donaldson , ( 1957-08-20 ) 20 August 1957 (age 68) , Cambridge , England
Alma mater
Pembroke College, Cambridge ( BA ), Worcester College, Oxford ( DPhil )
Known for
Topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds , Donaldson theory , Donaldson theorem , Donaldson–Thomas theory , Donaldson–Uhlenbeck–Yau theorem , K-stability , K-stability of Fano varieties , Yau–Tian–Donaldson conjecture
Fields
Topology
Institutions
Imperial College London , Stony Brook University , Institute for Advanced Study , Stanford University , University of Oxford
Thesis
The Yang–Mills Equations on Kähler Manifolds (1983)
Doctoral advisor
Michael Atiyah , Nigel Hitchin
Doctoral students
Oscar Garcia Prada , Dominic Joyce , Dieter Kotschick , Graham Nelson , Paul Seidel , Ivan Smith , Gábor Székelyhidi , Richard Thomas , Michael Thaddeus

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Family name
Donaldson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Cambridge
Occupation
researcher
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
doctorate
Doctoral advisor
Nigel Hitchin
Doctoral student
Dominic Joyce
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date of birth
1957-08-20
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birth name
Simon Kirwan Donaldson
name in native language
Simon Donaldson
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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson FRS MAE (born 20 August 1957) is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds, Donaldson–Thomas theory, and his contributions to Kähler geometry. He is currently a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. After being a member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) for a decade, he holds Emeritus Professor status at the SCGP and Stony Brook University, in New York state.

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