Written in the spirit of Liboffs acclaimed text on quantum mechanics Primerfor Point and Space Groups is an ideal introductory text for undergraduates inphysics... » 

Written in the spirit of Liboffs acclaimed text on quantum mechanics Primerfor Point and Space Groups is an ideal introductory text for undergraduates inphysics engineering materials science chemistry. With its shrewd selectionand arrangement of examples the book traces at every turn the physicalimplications of abstract concepts. The book will therefore provide a solidbackground for those students who expect to use group theory in nuclear andparticle physics and other specific applications. Among the many introductionsto group theory currently available few are as closely attuned to the needs ofthe applied scientist without compromise to the logic and lucidity of thepresentation. Here are some of the applications covered in Liboffs Primer forPoint and Space Groups Applications to Quantum Mechanics Irreduciblerepresentations and degeneracy Full rotation group SU2 group angularmomentum Symmetry group and the wavefunction Young diagrams and thewavefunction Degenerate perturbation theory Great Orthogonality TheoremApplications to SolidState Physics Translation and Crystallographic PointGroups Holohedral groups Bloch waves and space groups Bravais lattice Energy band eigenenergies Seitz operator Translation and Rotation Glideplane and screw operators Diamond structure Group of bf k and Starof bf k . Space group of bf k Time reversal and Space inversion effectson the wavefunction and eigenenergies Symmorphic group Factor Grouptheorem Applications to Material Media Splitting of electron levels incrystals with symmetry Correlation diagrams Neumanns Principle Polarizability Piezoelectric effect Classification of magnetic crystals Black and white groups TOCGroups and Subgroups. Classes and Platonic Solids.Matrices Irreps and the Great Orthogonality Theorem. Quantum Mechanics TheFull Rotation Group and Young Diagrams. Space Groups Brillouin Zone andGroup of k. Atoms in Crystals and Correlation Diagrams. Elements of AbstractAlgebra and the Galois Group. «