Chern–Simons form
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In mathematics, the Chern–Simons forms are certain secondary characteristic classes.[1] The theory is named for Shiing-Shen Chern and James Harris Simons, co-authors of a 1974 paper entitled "Characteristic Forms and Geometric Invariants," from which the theory arose.[2]