Simon Donaldson Scientist

Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson FRS (born 20 August 1957), is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds. He is currently a permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University and a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London.

Personal facts

Simon Donaldson
Birth dateAugust 20, 1957
Birth place
England , Cambridge
Nationality
United Kingdom
Education
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Known for
Topology

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Scientist

awards
Fields Medal
Shaw Prize
Crafoord Prize
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
Whitehead Prize
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Richard Thomas (mathematician)
Dieter Kotschick
Oscar Garcia-Prada
Vicente Mu%C3%B1oz
Field of study
Mathematics

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External resources

  1. http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk/~skdona