Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Symmetry and physics
- 2 Symmetry and group theory
- 3 Group representations: concepts
- 4 Group representations: formalism and methodology
- 5 Dixon's method for computing group characters
- 6 Group action and symmetry projection operators
- 7 Construction of the irreducible representations
- 8 Product groups and product representations
- 9 Induced representations
- 10 Crystallographic symmetry and space-groups
- 11 Space-groups: Irreps
- 12 Time-reversal symmetry: color groups and the Onsager relations
- 13 Tensors and tensor fields
- 14 Electronic properties of solids
- 15 Dynamical properties of molecules, solids, and surfaces
- 16 Experimental measurements and selection rules
- 17 Landau's theory of phase transitions
- 18 Incommensurate systems and quasi-crystals
- Bibliography
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Symmetry and physics
- 2 Symmetry and group theory
- 3 Group representations: concepts
- 4 Group representations: formalism and methodology
- 5 Dixon's method for computing group characters
- 6 Group action and symmetry projection operators
- 7 Construction of the irreducible representations
- 8 Product groups and product representations
- 9 Induced representations
- 10 Crystallographic symmetry and space-groups
- 11 Space-groups: Irreps
- 12 Time-reversal symmetry: color groups and the Onsager relations
- 13 Tensors and tensor fields
- 14 Electronic properties of solids
- 15 Dynamical properties of molecules, solids, and surfaces
- 16 Experimental measurements and selection rules
- 17 Landau's theory of phase transitions
- 18 Incommensurate systems and quasi-crystals
- Bibliography
- References
- Index
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- Symmetry and Condensed Matter PhysicsA Computational Approach, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008