Zhong-Qi, Ma

Group Theory for Physicists Zhong-Qi Ma - 2nd Ed. World Scientific Low Price Edition - New Jersey : World Scientific, 2019. - xx, 635 pages : ill.; 24 cm

Review on linear algebras
Group and its subsets
Theory of representations
Permutation groups
Three-dimensional rotation group
Symmetry of crystals
Lie groups and Lie algebras
Gel'fand's method and its generalization
Unitary groups
Real orthogonal groups
Lorentz groups
Symplectic groups

This textbook explains the fundamental concepts and techniques of group theory by making use of language familiar to physicists. Calculation methods in the context of physics are emphasized. New materials drawn from the teaching and research experience of the author are included. The generalized Gel'fand's method is presented to calculate the matrices of irreducible representations of the simple Lie algebra and its Clebsch-Gordan coefficients. This book is for graduate students and young researchers in physics, especially theoretical physics. It is also for graduate students in theoretical chemistry.

9780000988720


Mathematical physics
Group theory

530.1522 / ZHO