Preface |
Vectors and Linear Transformations / 1: |
Tensors / 2: |
Symmetry and Conservation: the Angular Momentum / 3: |
The Angular Momentum as Generators of Rotations: Lie Groups and Lie Algebras / 4: |
Algebraic Structures / 5: |
Basic Group Concepts / 6: |
Basic Lie Algebra Concepts / 7: |
Inner Products, Metrics, and Dual Spaces / 8: |
SO(4) and the Hydrogen Atom / 9: |
Adjoints and Unitary Transformations / 10: |
The Lorentz Group and SL(2, C) / 11: |
The Dirac Bracket Notation in Quantum Theory / 12: |
The Quantum Mechanical Simple Harmonic Oscillator / 13: |
Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms, the Dirac Delta Function, Green's Functions / 14: |
The Continuous Spectrum and Non-normalizable States / 15: |
Skew-Symmetric Tensors and Determinants / 16: |
Eigenvalue Problems / 17: |
Group Representation Theory / 18: |
The Dihedral Group D[subscript 6] and the Benzene Molecule / 19: |
Representations of the Symmetric Groups and the General Linear Groups, Young Diagrams / 20: |
Irreducible Representations of U(n), SL(n), SU(n) and O(n) / 21: |
Irreducible Representations of SU(2) and SO(3) / 22: |
The Spherical Harmonics / 23: |
The Structure of Semisimple Lie Algebras / 24: |
The Representations of Semisimple Lie Algebras / 25: |
SU(3) and the Strong Interaction / 26: |
Clifford Algebras / 27: |
Exterior Products / 28: |
The Hodge-Star Operator / 29: |
Differential Forms and Exterior Differentiation / 30: |
Moving Frames and Curvilinear Coordinates in R[superscript 3] / 31: |
Integrals of Differential Forms and the Stokes Theorem / 32: |
Homology and De Rham Cohomology / 33: |
The Geometry of Lie Groups / 34: |
Connections and Curvatures on a Vector Bundle / 35: |
Yang-Mills Equations / 36: |
Connections on a Principal Bundle / 37: |
Magnetic Monopoles and Molecular Dynamics / 38: |
Riemannian Geometry / 39: |
Complex Manifolds / 40: |
Characteristic Classes / 41: |
Chern-Simons Forms / 42: |
The Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem / 43: |
Symplectic Structures and Hamiltonian Mechanics / 44: |
References |
Preface |
Vectors and Linear Transformations / 1: |
Tensors / 2: |