An Introduction to Tensors and Group Theory for Physicists

Reviews of the First Edition “[P]hysicist Nadir Jeevanjee has produced a masterly book that will help other physicists understand those subjects [tensors and groups] as mathematicians understand them… From the first pages, Jeevanjee shows amazing skill in finding fresh, compelling words to bring for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeevanjee, Nadir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Birkhäuser 2015, 2015
Edition:2nd ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Linear Algebra and Tensors
  • A Quick Introduction to Tensors.- Vector Spaces
  • Tensors
  • Part II Group Theory
  • Groups, Lie Groups, and Lie Algebras.- Basic Representation Theory
  • The Winger-Echart Theorem and Other Applications
  • Appendix Complexifications of Real Lie Algebras and the Tensor Product Decomposition of sl(2,C)R.- References
  • Index