Lie Groups and Lie Algebras - A Physicist''s Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Adam Bincer is Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Klappentext This book is intended for graduate students in Physics, especially Elementary Particle Physics. It gives an introduction to group theory for physicists with a focus on Lie groups and Lie algebras. Zusammenfassung This book is intended for graduate students in Physics, especially Elementary Particle Physics. It gives an introduction to group theory for physicists with a focus on Lie groups and Lie algebras. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Generalities 2: Lie Groups and Lie Algebras 3: Rotations: SO(3) an SU(2) 4: Representations of SU(2) 5: The so(n) Algebra and Clifford Numbers 6: Reality Properties of Spinors 7: Clebsch-Gordan Series for Spinors 8: The Center and Outer Automorphisms of Spin(n) 9: Composition Algebras 10: The Exceptional Group G2 11: Casimir Operators for Orthogonal Groups 12: Classical Groups 13: Unitary Groups 14: The Symmetric Group Sr and Young Tableaux 15: Reduction of SU(n) Tensors 16: Cartan Basis, Simple Roots and Fundamental Weights 17: Cartan Classification of Semisimple Algebras 18: Dynkin Diagrams 19: The Lorentz Group 20: The Poincare and Liouville Groups 21: The Coulomb Problem in n Space Dimensions

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• Autori: Adam M Bincer, Adam M. (Professor Emeritus Bincer, Bincer Adam M.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9780199662920
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966292-0
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Altro; MATHEMATICS / Group Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Particle & high-energy physics, Mathematical physics, Atomic & molecular physics, Groups & group theory, Particle and high-energy physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Groups and group theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle