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Informationen zum Autor Robert Kolenkow was formerly Associate Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was awarded the Everett Moore Baker Award for Outstanding Teaching. He was the lead author of the Physical Geography Today series of texts and coauthor, with Daniel Kleppner, of An Introduction to Mechanics (also published by Cambridge University Press). Klappentext Group theory, originating from algebraic structures in mathematics, has long been an important computational tool in many areas of physics, chemistry and other applied sciences. This comprehensive primer to group theory is ideal at advanced undergraduate and graduate level for topics courses, reading groups, or self-study. Zusammenfassung Group theory, originating from algebraic structures in mathematics, has long been an important computational tool in many areas of physics, chemistry and other applied sciences. This comprehensive primer to group theory is ideal at advanced undergraduate and graduate level for topics courses, reading groups, or self-study. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Fundamental concepts; 2. Matrix representations of discrete groups; 3. Molecular vibrations; 4. Crystalline solids; 5. Bohr's quantum theory and matrix mechanics; 6. Wave mechanics, measurement, and entanglement; 7. Rotation; 8. Quantum angular momentum; 9. The structure of atoms; 10. Particle physics. Appendices.
