Group Theory

• Main Author: Dresselhaus/Dresselhaus/Jorio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Group theory.; Condensed matter.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

Every process in physics is governed by selection rules that are the consequence of symmetry requirements. The beauty and strength of group theory resides in the transformation of many complex symmetry operations into a very simple linear algebra. This concise and class-tested book has been pedagogi...