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Symmetry

This series starts with finite groups and symmetry and builds up to the Lie groups and Lie algebras that physics actually uses. Everything is written as I work through it, so it assumes nothing beyond calculus, some linear algebra, and later a little bit of geometry.

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Contents

Part 1Symmetry

Groups from scratch, ending at the Lie groups for physics.

  1. 1What Symmetry Means
  2. 2Groups, subgroups and the first examples
  3. 3Homomorphisms and Quotients
  4. 4Group Orbits and Stabilizers
  5. 5The Class Equation
  6. 6Matrix Groups
  7. 7Continuous Symmetry and Topological Groups
  8. 8Lie Groups
  9. 9Lie Algebras and the Exponential Map
  10. 10SU(2), SO(3), and the Double Cover