Lie Groups, Physics, and Geometry

Informationen zum Autor Robert Gilmore is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Drexel University, Philadelphia. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a Member of the Standing Committee for the International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. His research areas include group theory, catastrophe theory, atomic and nuclear physics, singularity theory, and chaos. Klappentext Introduction to Lie groups for graduate and undergraduate students in physics, mathematics and electrical engineering. Zusammenfassung Concentrating on the applications of Lie group theory to physical sciences and applied mathematics! this is a fascinating introduction to Lie groups for graduate and undergraduate students in physics! mathematics and electrical engineering! as well as researchers in these fields. Problems are given at the end of each chapter. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Lie groups; 3. Matrix groups; 4. Lie algebras; 5. Matrix algebras; 6. Operator algebras; 7. Exponentiation; 8. Structure theory for Lie algebras; 9. Structure theory for simple Lie algebras; 10. Root spaces and Dykin diagrams; 11. Real forms; 12. Riemannian symmetric spaces; 13. Contraction; 14. Hydrogenic atoms; 15. Maxwell's equations; 16. Lie groups and differential equations; References; Index.

Klappentext
Introduction to Lie groups for graduate and undergraduate students in physics, mathematics and electrical engineering.

Zusammenfassung
Concentrating on the applications of Lie group theory to physical sciences and applied mathematics, this is a fascinating introduction to Lie groups for graduate and undergraduate students in physics, mathematics and electrical engineering, as well as researchers in these fields. Problems are given at the end of each chapter.

Inhalt
1. Introduction; 2. Lie groups; 3. Matrix groups; 4. Lie algebras; 5. Matrix algebras; 6. Operator algebras; 7. Exponentiation; 8. Structure theory for Lie algebras; 9. Structure theory for simple Lie algebras; 10. Root spaces and Dykin diagrams; 11. Real forms; 12. Riemannian symmetric spaces; 13. Contraction; 14. Hydrogenic atoms; 15. Maxwell's equations; 16. Lie groups and differential equations; References; Index.

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