Applied Group Theory. Selected Readings in Physics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages ix-xi
CHAPTER I - Symmetry, Pages 3-11
CHAPTER II - Theory of Groups, Pages 12-41
CHAPTER III - Crystallographic Groups, Pages 42-65
CHAPTER IV - The Rotation, Symmetric and Lorentz Groups, Pages 66-90
CHAPTER V - Vibrations in Molecules and Solids, Pages 91-118
CHAPTER VI - Electronic States in Atoms, Molecules and Solids, Pages 119-142
CHAPTER VII - Atoms, Nuclei and Elementary Particles, Pages 143-168
CHAPTER VIII - Further Topics, Pages 169-191
1 - The Elastic Characteristic Vibrations of Symmetrical Systems,, Pages 199-212
2 - The Degeneracy, Selection Rules, and Other Properties of the Normal Vibrations of Certain Polyatomic Molecules, Pages 213-232
3 - Stability of Polyatomic Molecules in Degenerate Electronic States I. Orbital Degeneracy, Pages 233-255
4 - Splitting of Terms in Crystals, Pages 256-296
5 - On the Reduction of Space Groups, Pages 297-313
6 - Theory of Brillouin Zones and Symmetry Properties of Wave Functions in Crystals, Pages 314-338
7 - On the Consequences of the Symmetry of the Nuclear Hamiltonian on the Spectroscopy of Nuclei, Pages 339-369
8 - “Double” Crystallographic Groups, Pages 370-378
9 - Magnetic Symmetry of Crystals, Pages 379-391
APPENDIX - The Character Tables of the Thirty-two Point Groups, Pages 392-396
Hints to Solutions of the Exercises, Pages 397-411
Index, Pages 413-417
Guided Bibliography, Pages 192-193
References, Pages 193-196