MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Science Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Symmetry
methods
Synopsis Emphasis on symmetry methods for the solution of physical
problems. Discrete and continuous groups. Group representations for the main
groups in physics and chemistry. Generators and infinitesimal transformations
for continuous groups. The rotation groups, SU(2) and permutation groups are
covered in some detail. Assignments contain applications to classical
electromagnetism, classical and quantum mechanics, optics, solid state physics
and special relativity. Introduction to gauge symmetries and more advanced
groups, such as SL(2,C).
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