Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9812380655
Published on: 2002-01
Hardcover
Group theory plays a very important role in physics and chemistry, and its importance continues to grow seemingly endlessly. This book is self-contained and suitable for self-study, and is a combination of a textbook and a monograph. By ignoring some proofs and some paragraphs or passages marked with asterisks, the book becomes an easily readable textbook. The theory is developed starting with concrete examples and leading up to more abstract conclusions, as well as from the special to the general, supplemented with abundant illustrative examples. The emphasis is on the EFM technique rather than on strict rigor. Some theorems are cited without proof, since the theorems are easily understandable and their proofs can be found in many group theory textbook.
Foreword to the first edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
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 Group
Chapter 8 The Point Group
Chapter 9 Application of Group Theory to Many-Body Systems
Chapter 10 The Space Groups
Appendix
Reference
