Robert Kolenkow

An Introduction to Groups and their Matrices for Science Students

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Group theory, originating from algebraic structures in mathematics, has long been an important computational tool in many areas of physics, chemistry and other applied sciences. This comprehensive primer to group theory is ideal at advanced undergraduate and graduate level for topics courses, reading groups, or self-study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 832g
• ISBN-13: 9781108831086
• ISBN-10: 1108831087
• Artikelnr.: 63199359

Autorenporträt

Robert Kolenkow was formerly Associate Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was awarded the Everett Moore Baker Award for Outstanding Teaching. He was the lead author of the Physical Geography Today series of texts and coauthor, with Daniel Kleppner, of An Introduction to Mechanics (also published by Cambridge University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fundamental concepts
2. Matrix representations of discrete groups
3. Molecular vibrations
4. Crystalline solids
5. Bohr's quantum theory and matrix mechanics
6. Wave mechanics, measurement, and entanglement
7. Rotation
8. Quantum angular momentum
9. The structure of atoms
10. Particle physics. Appendices.