商品簡介
Ma and Gu, both affiliated with the Institute of High Energy Physics in China, explain fundamentals of group theory. A beginning chapter reviews linear algebra, and subsequent chapters cover the concepts of a group and its subsets, the theory of representations of a group, and three-dimensional rotation groups. The remainder of the book is devoted to properties of some important symmetry groups of physical systems. Numerous exercises and solutions are included. The book is aimed at graduate students in physics who are studying group theory and its application to physics. It is also suitable for graduate students in theoretical chemistry. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
