Theory of Groups and its Application to Physical Problems

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION, Page v
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION, Page vii
CHAPTER I - GROUPS, Pages 1-9
CHAPTER II - ONE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE, Pages 10-18
CHAPTER III - LATTICES IN TWO DIMENSIONS, Pages 19-33
CHAPTER IV - SOME PROPERTIES OF GROUPS, Pages 34-43
CHAPTER V - MATRIX GROUPS, Pages 44-54
CHAPTER VI - THE WAVE EQUATION AND ITS PROPERTIES, Pages 55-65
CHAPTER VII - VIBRATIONS OF A DYNAMICAL SYSTEM, Pages 66-84
CHAPTER VIII - VIBRATIONAL RAMAN EFFECT AND INFRA-RED ABSORPTION, Pages 85-98
CHAPTER IX - MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND NORMAL MODES, Pages 99-109
CHAPTER X - MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND NORMAL FREQUENCIES, Pages 110-123
CHAPTER XI - LATTICES IN THREE DIMENSIONS, Pages 124-139
CHAPTER XII - RAMAN AND INFRA-RED SPECTRA OF CRYSTALS, Pages 140-158
CHAPTER XIII - CRYSTAL SYMMETRY AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, Pages 159-170
CHAPTER XIV - ROTATION GROUPS, Pages 171-182
CHAPTER XV - APPLICATION TO PROBLEMS OF ATOMIC SPECTRA, Pages 183-199
CHAPTER XVI - OTHER APPLICATIONS, Pages 200-215
APPENDIX I - REPRESENTATIONS OF FINITE GROUPS, Pages 217-234
APPENDIX II - TRANSFORMATION OF MATRICES, Pages 235-241
APPENDIX III - KRAMERS-HEISENBERG DISPERSION FORMULA, Pages 242-246
APPENDIX IV - EVALUATION OF GROUP CHARACTERS, Pages 247-254
APPENDIX V - PROPERTIES OF SOME POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS, Pages 255-259
APPENDIX VI - LAPLACIAN OPERATOR, Pages 260-261
APPENDIX VII - PARAMETER GROUPS, Pages 262-265
APPENDIX VIII - CHARACTER TABLES AND IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS IN RESPECT OF VARIOUS POINT GROUPS, Pages 266-275
INDEX, Pages 277-279