Rotations, Quaternions, and Double Groups

Rotations, Quaternions, and Double Groups
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9780486445182
ISBN-13 : 0486445186
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Book Synopsis Rotations, Quaternions, and Double Groups by : Simon L. Altmann

Download or read book Rotations, Quaternions, and Double Groups written by Simon L. Altmann and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a consistent description of the geometric and quaternionic treatment of rotation operators. Covers the fundamentals of symmetries, matrices, and groups and presents a primer on rotations and rotation matrices. Also explores rotations and angular momentum, tensor bases, the bilinear transformation, projective representations, more. Includes problems with solutions.


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