Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations

Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations
Title Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations PDF eBook
Author Naum I͡Akovlevich Vilenkin
Publisher American Mathematical Soc.
Pages 613
Release 1968
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9780821815724

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A standard scheme for a relation between special functions and group representation theory is the following: certain classes of special functions are interpreted as matrix elements of irreducible representations of a certain Lie group, and then properties of special functions are related to (and derived from) simple well-known facts of representation theory. The book combines the majority of known results in this direction. In particular, the author describes connections between the exponential functions and the additive group of real numbers (Fourier analysis), Legendre and Jacobi polynomials and representations of the group $SU(2)$, and the hypergeometric function and representations of the group $SL(2,R)$, as well as many other classes of special functions.

Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations

Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations
Title Special Functions and the Theory of Group Representations PDF eBook
Author Naum I͡Akovlevich Vilenkin
Publisher American Mathematical Soc.
Pages 628
Release 1978
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9780821886526

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Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions

Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions
Title Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions PDF eBook
Author N.Ja. Vilenkin
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 518
Release 2013-04-17
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9401728852

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In 1991-1993 our three-volume book "Representation of Lie Groups and Spe cial Functions" was published. When we started to write that book (in 1983), editors of "Kluwer Academic Publishers" expressed their wish for the book to be of encyclopaedic type on the subject. Interrelations between representations of Lie groups and special functions are very wide. This width can be explained by existence of different types of Lie groups and by richness of the theory of their rep resentations. This is why the book, mentioned above, spread to three big volumes. Influence of representations of Lie groups and Lie algebras upon the theory of special functions is lasting. This theory is developing further and methods of the representation theory are of great importance in this development. When the book "Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions" ,vol. 1-3, was under preparation, new directions of the theory of special functions, connected with group representations, appeared. New important results were discovered in the traditional directions. This impelled us to write a continuation of our three-volume book on relationship between representations and special functions. The result of our further work is the present book. The three-volume book, published before, was devoted mainly to studying classical special functions and orthogonal polynomials by means of matrix elements, Clebsch-Gordan and Racah coefficients of group representations and to generaliza tions of classical special functions that were dictated by matrix elements of repre sentations.

Special Functions and Linear Representations of Lie Groups

Special Functions and Linear Representations of Lie Groups
Title Special Functions and Linear Representations of Lie Groups PDF eBook
Author Jean Dieudonné
Publisher American Mathematical Soc.
Pages 65
Release 1980
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 0821816926

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Group Theory in Physics

Group Theory in Physics
Title Group Theory in Physics PDF eBook
Author Wu-Ki Tung
Publisher World Scientific
Pages 368
Release 1985
Genre Science
ISBN 9971966565

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An introductory text book for graduates and advanced undergraduates on group representation theory. It emphasizes group theory's role as the mathematical framework for describing symmetry properties of classical and quantum mechanical systems. Familiarity with basic group concepts and techniques is invaluable in the education of a modern-day physicist. This book emphasizes general features and methods which demonstrate the power of the group-theoretical approach in exposing the systematics of physical systems with associated symmetry. Particular attention is given to pedagogy. In developing the theory, clarity in presenting the main ideas and consequences is given the same priority as comprehensiveness and strict rigor. To preserve the integrity of the mathematics, enough technical information is included in the appendices to make the book almost self-contained. A set of problems and solutions has been published in a separate booklet.

Theory of Group Representations

Theory of Group Representations
Title Theory of Group Representations PDF eBook
Author M.A. Naimark
Publisher Springer
Pages 0
Release 2011-11-06
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9781461381440

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Author's Preface to the Russian Edition This book is written for advanced students, for predoctoral graduate stu dents, and for professional scientists-mathematicians, physicists, and chemists-who desire to study the foundations of the theory of finite dimensional representations of groups. We suppose that the reader is familiar with linear algebra, with elementary mathematical analysis, and with the theory of analytic functions. All else that is needed for reading this book is set down in the book where it is needed or is provided for by references to standard texts. The first two chapters are devoted to the algebraic aspects of the theory of representations and to representations of finite groups. Later chapters take up the principal facts about representations of topological groups, as well as the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras and their representations. We have arranged our material to help the reader to master first the easier parts of the theory and later the more difficult. In the author's opinion, however, it is algebra that lies at the heart of the whole theory. To keep the size of the book within reasonable bounds, we have limited ourselves to finite-dimensional representations. The author intends to devote another volume to a more general theory, which includes infinite dimensional representations.

Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions

Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions
Title Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions PDF eBook
Author N.Ja. Vilenkin
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 635
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 940113538X

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This is the first of three major volumes which present a comprehensive treatment of the theory of the main classes of special functions from the point of view of the theory of group representations. This volume deals with the properties of classical orthogonal polynomials and special functions which are related to representations of groups of matrices of second order and of groups of triangular matrices of third order. This material forms the basis of many results concerning classical special functions such as Bessel, MacDonald, Hankel, Whittaker, hypergeometric, and confluent hypergeometric functions, and different classes of orthogonal polynomials, including those having a discrete variable. Many new results are given. The volume is self-contained, since an introductory section presents basic required material from algebra, topology, functional analysis and group theory. For research mathematicians, physicists and engineers.