PHY 911

Group Theory and Symmetry in Physics
Fall Semester of odd-numbered years
2 credits ( 2 hr lecture/recitation/discussion, 0 hr lab)
When offered as a half-semester course: ( 4 hr lecture/recitation/discussion, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
Group representation theory as the general framework to formulate fundamental symmetries in physics. Irreducible states and tensors, projection operator techniques, rotation and translation, Lie groups, Lorentz and Poincaré groups. Offered first half of semester.
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