An Introduction to Tensors and Group Theory for Physicists

• Main Author: Jeevanjee, Nadir (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; Quantum physics.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.; Applications of Mathematics.; Quantum Physics.

The second edition of this highly praised textbook provides an introduction to tensors, group theory, and their applications in classical and quantum physics.  Both intuitive and rigorous, it aims to demystify tensors by giving the slightly more abstract but conceptually much clearer definition foun...

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.