Lectures on Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics: Introduction to Lie theory with applications (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781681744483)

This book provides an introduction to Lie Theory for first year graduate students and professional physicists who may not have across the theory in their studies. In particular, it is a summary overview of the theory of finite groups, a brief description of a manifold, and then an informal development of the theory of one-parameter Lie groups, especially as they apply to ordinary differential equations. The treatment is informal, but systematic and reasonably self-contained, as it assumes a familiarity with basic physics and applied calculus, but it does not assume additional mathematical training. Interested readers should have a fair chance of finding symmetries of a second order differential equation and should be able to use it to reduce the order of the differential equation.

Author: William a. Schwalm
ISBN-10: 1681744481
ISBN-13: 9781681744483
Publisher: Iop Concise Physics
Language: English
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 85
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.18d