Simon Donaldson
Sir Simon Kirwan Donaldson 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 permanent member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University in New York, and a Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London.
20 August 1957
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Born in the same month (August 1957): Carole Bouquet • Daire Brehan • Daniel Stern (actor) • Dennis Drew • Ian Gould • Ian Stuart Donaldson • Jacky Rosen • Jeff Grubb • Larry Corowa • Martin Donovan • Sorin Antohi • Tan Dun • Taylor Negron