%0 Journal Article %A Fernández, Marisa %A Muñoz, Vicente %T Formality of Donaldson submanifolds %D 2005 %@ 0025-5874 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50590 %X We introduce the concept of s–formal minimal model as an extension of formality. We prove that any orientable compact manifold M, of dimension 2n or (2n − 1), is formal if and only if M is (n − 1)–formal. The formality and thehard Lefschetz property are studied for the Donaldson submanifolds of symplectic manifolds constructed in [13]. This study permits us to show an example of a Donaldson symplectic submanifold of dimension eight which is formal simply connected and does not satisfy the hard Lefschetz theorem. %~