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Books written by Simon Donaldson.

Simon Donaldson is an English mathematician known for his work on the topology of smooth (differentiable) four-dimensional manifolds and Donaldson–Thomas theory. He received the Fields Medal in 1986 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. In 2020 he was recognized witht he Wolf Prize in Mathematics for contributions to differential geometry and topology.