By S. Sternberg

This textbook, according to classes taught at Harvard collage, is an advent to crew thought and its program to physics. The actual functions are regarded as the mathematical concept is constructed in order that the presentation is surprisingly cohesive and well-motivated. Many glossy themes are handled, and there's a lot dialogue of the crowd SU(n) and its representations. this can be of serious value in simple particle physics. purposes to good country physics also are thought of. This stimulating account will turn out to be an important source for senior undergraduate scholars and their teachers.

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