Continuous Groups for Physicists
Continuous Groups for Physicists
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Summary
The book intends to focus on Lie group representations in the quantum context for graduate students and researchers taking courses in theoretical physics. Special emphasis is given to the explanation of the topics like Lie group families, spinors, real symplectic groups coherent states, their representations and Lie groups acting on space-time.
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Continuous Groups for Physicists by Narasimhaiengar Mukunda
Continuous Groups for Physicists is written for graduate students as well as researchers working in the field of theoretical physics. The text has been designed uniquely and it balances coverage of advanced and non-standard topics with an equal focus on the basic concepts for a thorough understanding. The book describes the general theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, the passage between them, and their unitary/ Hermitian representations in the quantum mechanical setting. The four infinite classical families of compact simple Lie groups and their representations are covered in detail. Readers will benefit from the discussions on topics like spinor representations of real orthogonal groups, the Schwinger representation of a group, induced representations, systems of coherent states, real symplectic groups important in quantum mechanics, Wigner's theorem on symmetry operations in quantum mechanics, ray representations of Lie groups, and groups associated with non-relativistic and relativistic space-time.
'… this book is a very useful and very well conceived introductory course to the theory of Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representation theory, mainly intended for theoretical physicistsThe style makes the book very readable, with special focus on the physical interpretation, with problems and references that lead the reader to more specialized topics.' Rutwig Campoamor Stursberg, ZB Math
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009187053 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009187058 |
| Title | Continuous Groups for Physicists |
| Author | Narasimhaiengar Mukunda |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2023-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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