nLab Chern-Simons invariant

Context

\infty-Chern-Simons theory

∞-Chern-Weil theory

∞-Chern-Simons theory

∞-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory

Ingredients

Definition

Examples

Quantum field theory

Physics

physics, mathematical physics, philosophy of physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes


theory (physics), model (physics)

experiment, measurement, computable physics

Idea

The value of the action functional of Chern-Simons theory (see there for more) is sometimes referred to as the Chern-Simons invariant.

A related term is secondary characteristic class.

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