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Harry J. Lipkin
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ISBN: 0486421856
Page Count: 192
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
This book shows how the well-known methods of angular momentum algebra can be extended to treat other Lie groups. Chapters cover isospin; the three-dimensional harmonic oscillator; algebras of operators that change the number of particles; permutations, bookkeeping, and Young diagrams; and more. 1966 edition.
Unabridged republication of the second edition, published by North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1966.

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