Chern-Simons terms as an example of the relations between mathematics and physics
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Les relations entre les mathématiques et la physique théorique. Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the IHÉS, Tome S88 (1998), pp. 47-51. 
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Deser, Stanley. Chern-Simons terms as an example of the relations between mathematics and physics. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Les relations entre les mathématiques et la physique théorique. Festschrift for the 40th anniversary of the IHÉS, Tome S88 (1998), pp. 47-51. http://archive.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1998__S88__47_0/

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