Description
The crucial significance of symmetry to the development of group theory and in the fields of physics and chemistry cannot be overstated, and this well-organized volume provides an excellent introduction to the topic.
The text develops the elementary ideas of both group theory and representation theory in a progressive and thorough fashion, leading students to a point from which they can proceed easily to more elaborate applications. The finite groups describing the symmetry of regular polyhedral and of repeating patterns are emphasized, and geometric illustrations of all main processes appear here -- including more than 100 fully worked examples.
Designed to be read at a variety of levels and to allow students to focus on any of the main fields of application, this volume is geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate physics and chemistry students with the requisite mathematical background.
Author: Roy McWeeny
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/12/2002
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9780486421827
ISBN10: 0486421821
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Group Theory
- Mathematics | Applied
- Science | Physics | General
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