Group Theory in Physics, Volume 1
Subtitle: An Introduction (Techniques of Physics)
Edition: Abridged Ed edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: July 24, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780121898007
Subjects: Groups & group theory; Theoretical methods; Physics; Mathematics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Group Theory; Mathematical Physics; Science / Physics
First sentence: The aim of this chapter is to introduce the idea of a group, to give some physically important examples, and then to indicate immediately how this notion arises naturally in physical problems, and how the related concept of a group representation lies at the heart of the quantum mechanical formulation.