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davidbenari
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I study physics and currently taking a mathematical physics course. One of the topics is group theory and we will see the following topics:
Symmetries, discrete groups, homomorphisms, isomorphisms, continuous groups, and linear transformations in phase space.
This topic will be covered with the professor's notes, but I doubt that will be enough to study for the material. He recommends Herman Weyl's book "Group theory & Quantum Mechanics", but I've also skimmed through Herstein's abstract algebra and like it quite a lot.
My question to you then is: Can I use Herstein's book to study for these materials? Namely I plan to read the chapter on Group Theory and that's it.
What do you think? Should I opt instead for Weyl's book? It doesn't seem too mathematical by the way.
Symmetries, discrete groups, homomorphisms, isomorphisms, continuous groups, and linear transformations in phase space.
This topic will be covered with the professor's notes, but I doubt that will be enough to study for the material. He recommends Herman Weyl's book "Group theory & Quantum Mechanics", but I've also skimmed through Herstein's abstract algebra and like it quite a lot.
My question to you then is: Can I use Herstein's book to study for these materials? Namely I plan to read the chapter on Group Theory and that's it.
What do you think? Should I opt instead for Weyl's book? It doesn't seem too mathematical by the way.