Group Representation Theory for Physicists

Jin-Quan Chen, Jialun Ping;Fan Wang;;

• Publisher: WSPC
• Year: 2002
• eBook ISBN: 9789813106000
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Sciences physiques
• Subtopic: Physique mathématique et informatique

This book introduces systematically the eigenfunction method, a new approach to the group representation theory which was developed by the authors in the 1970's and 1980's in accordance with the concept and method used in quantum mechanics. It covers the applications of the group theory in various branches of physics and quantum chemistry, especially nuclear and molecular physics. Extensive tables and computational methods are presented.

Group Representation Theory for Physicists may serve as a handbook for researchers doing group theory calculations. It is also a good reference book and textbook for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to use group theory in their future research careers.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword to the first edition
• Preface to the first edition
• Preface to the second edition
• Addendum
• Contents
• Glossary
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Elements of Group Theory
• Chapter 2 Group Representation Theory
• Chapter 3 Representation Theory for Finite Groups
• Chapter 4 Representation Theory of the Permutation Group
• Chapter 5 Lie Groups
• Chapter 6 The Rotation Group
• Chapter 7 The Unitary Groups
• Chapter 8 The Point Groups
• Chapter 9 Applications of Group Theory to Many-Body Systems
• Chapter 10 The Space Groups
• Appendix
• References
• Index