nLab James Simons

James Simons (1938-2024)

• Wikipedia entry

• MathGenealogy page

• Memorial Tribute: Jim Simons (1938–2024), Notices of the AMS 72 1 (2024) 32-48 [doi:10.1090/noti3097, webpage, pdf, full issue:pdf]

Selected writings

On Chern-Weil theory and introducing Chern-Simons forms:

• Shiing-Shen Chern, James Simons: Characteristic forms and geometric invariants The Annals of Mathematics, Second Series, 99 1 (1974) 48-69 [jstor:1971013, pdf]

On Cheeger-Simons differential characters and secondary invariants:

• Jeff Cheeger, James Simons, Differential characters and geometric invariants, pages 50–80 in: Geometry and Topology, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1167. Springer (1985) (pdf, doi:10.1007/BFb0075212)

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