Lie groups and lie algebras : a physicist's perspective / Adam M. Bincer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bincer, Adam M. (Adam Marian)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lie groups.

Lie algebras.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text gives an introduction to group theory for physicists with a focus on lie groups and lie algebras.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Chapter 1. Generalities; Chapter 2. Lie groups and Lie algebras; Chapter 3. Rotations: SO(3) and SU(2); Chapter 4. Representations of SU(2); Chapter 5. The so(n) algebra and Clifford numbers; Chapter 6. Reality properties of spinors; Chapter 7. Clebsch-Gordan series for spinors; Chapter 8. The center and outer automorphisms of Spin(n); Chapter 9. Composition algebras; Chapter 10. The exceptional group G[sub(2)]; Chapter 11. Casimir operators for orthogonal groups; Chapter 12. Classical groups; Chapter 13. Unitary groups

Chapter 14. The symmetric group S[sub(r)] and Young tableauxChapter 15. Reduction of SU(n) tensors; Chapter 16. Cartan basis, simple roots and fundamental weights; Chapter 17. Cartan classiffcation of semisimple algebras; Chapter 18. Dynkin diagrams; Chapter 19. The Lorentz group; Chapter 20. The Poincaré and Liouville groups; Chapter 21. The Coulomb problem in n space dimensions; Bibliography and References; Index; A; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 10, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-164008-5

1-283-63464-3

0-19-164007-7

OCLC:

922971301