Simon Kirwan Donaldson is professor for pure mathematics at Imperial College London.
Proof of Donaldson's theorem, which laid the basis for Donaldson theory:
Simon Donaldson: An application of gauge theory to four-dimensional topology, Journal of Differential Geometry. 18 Jahrgang, Nr. 2 (1983) [doi:10.4310/jdg/1214437665]
Simon Donaldson. The orientation of Yang-Mills moduli spaces and 4-manifold topology. In: Journal of Differential Geometry. 26. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, 1. Januar 1987, doi:10.4310/jdg/1214441485
On Nahm's equations and the moduli space of monopoles:
Introducing what came to be known as Donaldson invariants:
Simon K. Donaldson: Connections, cohomology and the intersection forms of 4-manifolds, J. Differential Geom. 24 3 (1986) 275–341 [doi:10.4310/jdg/1214440551]
Simon K. Donaldson: Polynomial invariants for smooth four-manifolds, Topology, 29 3 (1990) 257–315 [doi:10.1016/0040-9383(90)90001-Z]
Textbook on 4-manifolds:
On Yang-Mills theory (gauge theory) in mathematical physics:
Simon Donaldson, Yang-Mills theory and geometry (2005) [pdf, pdf]
Simon Donaldson, Gauge Theory: Mathematical Applications, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, Academic Press (2006) 468-481 [doi:10.1016/B0-12-512666-2/00075-4, author pdf, pdf]
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