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It was with some trepidation that I decided to write yet another book on ·group theory and physics. There are, after all, quite a large number already. However, in the first place some of the best of these were, inexplicably, out of print, and secondly I thought I perceived a niche for a book which, while by no means skimping the physical applications, exposes the student to the power and elegance of abstract mathematics. There is, indeed, a fascinating interplay between mathematics and physics. In some cases the need to understand and formulate a physical problem provides a stimulus for the development of the relevant mathematics, as for example in Newton's development of the calculus as a tool for calculating planetary orbits. In others a mathematical formalism already developed turns out to be tailor-made for physics. Thus the theory of vector spaces is exactly what one needs for the general formulation of quantum mechanics, and the representation theory of groups is precisely the mathematical framework needed when one considers the action of symmetry transformations on quantum systems. With this in mind, I have developed the mathematical theory in a more formal fashion than is

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Author

Hugh F Jones

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780750305051

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Science, Physics