Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants

Early chapters suitable for honors undergraduate or beginning graduate courses, requiring only linear algebra, basic abstract algebra, and advanced calculus Applications to geometry (curvature tensors), topology (Jones polynomial via symmetry), and combinatorics (symmetric group and Young tableaux) Self-contained chapters, appendices, comprehensive bibliography More than 350 exercises (most with detailed hints for solutions) further explore main concepts Serves as an excellent main text for a one-year course in Lie group theory Benefits physicists as well as mathematicians as a reference work Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras