Harmonic Analysis

Harmonic Analysis
Author: V. K. Dobrev
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 283
Release: 1977-04-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540081500

Group Theory and General Relativity

Group Theory and General Relativity
Author: Moshe Carmeli
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781860942341

This is the only book on the subject of group theory and Einstein's theory of gravitation. It contains an extensive discussion on general relativity from the viewpoint of group theory and gauge fields. It also puts together in one volume many scattered, original works, on the use of group theory in general relativity theory. There are twelve chapters in the book. The first six are devoted to rotation and Lorentz groups, and their representations. They include the spinor representation as well as the infinite-dimensional representations. The other six chapters deal with the application of groups -- particularly the Lorentz and the SL(2, C) groups -- to the theory of general relativity. Each chapter is concluded with a set of problems. The topics covered range from the fundamentals of general relativity theory, its formulation as an SL(2, C) gauge theory, to exact solutions of the Einstein gravitational field equations. The important Bondi-Metzner-Sachs group, and its representations, conclude the book The entire book is self-contained in both group theory and general relativity theory, and no prior knowledge of either is assumed. The subject of this book constitutes a relevant link between field theoreticians and general relativity theoreticians, who usually work rather independently of each other. The treatise is highly topical and of real interest to theoretical physicists, general relativists and applied mathematicians. It is invaluable to graduate students and research workers in quantum field theory, general relativity and elementary particle theory.

Harmonic Analysis for Engineers and Applied Scientists

Harmonic Analysis for Engineers and Applied Scientists
Author: Gregory S. Chirikjian
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486795640

Although the Fourier transform is among engineering's most widely used mathematical tools, few engineers realize that the extension of harmonic analysis to functions on groups holds great potential for solving problems in robotics, image analysis, mechanics, and other areas. This self-contained approach, geared toward readers with a standard background in engineering mathematics, explores the widest possible range of applications to fields such as robotics, mechanics, tomography, sensor calibration, estimation and control, liquid crystal analysis, and conformational statistics of macromolecules. Harmonic analysis is explored in terms of particular Lie groups, and the text deals with only a limited number of proofs, focusing instead on specific applications and fundamental mathematical results. Forming a bridge between pure mathematics and the challenges of modern engineering, this updated and expanded volume offers a concrete, accessible treatment that places the general theory in the context of specific groups.

An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on Semisimple Lie Groups

An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis on Semisimple Lie Groups
Author: V. S. Varadarajan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1999-07-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521663625

Now in paperback, this graduate-level textbook is an introduction to the representation theory of semi-simple Lie groups. As such, it will be suitable for research students in algebra and analysis, and for research mathematicians requiring a readable account of the topic. The author emphasizes the development of the central themes of the sunject in the context of special examples, without losing sight of its general flow and structure. The book concludes with appendices sketching some basic topics with a comprehensive guide to further reading.

Unitary Representations and Harmonic Analysis

Unitary Representations and Harmonic Analysis
Author: M. Sugiura
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 469
Release: 1990-03-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080887597

The principal aim of this book is to give an introduction to harmonic analysis and the theory of unitary representations of Lie groups. The second edition has been brought up to date with a number of textual changes in each of the five chapters, a new appendix on Fatou's theorem has been added in connection with the limits of discrete series, and the bibliography has been tripled in length.

Harmonic Analysis on Free Groups

Harmonic Analysis on Free Groups
Author: Alessandro Figa-Talamanca
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1000116743

This book presents an account of recent results on the theory of representations and the harmonic analysis of free groups. It emphasizes the analogy with the theory of representations of noncompact semisimple Lie groups and restricts the focus to a class of irreducible unitary representations.

Linear Representations of the Lorentz Group

Linear Representations of the Lorentz Group
Author: M. A. Naimark
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1483184986

Linear Representations of the Lorentz Group is a systematic exposition of the theory of linear representations of the proper Lorentz group and the complete Lorentz group. This book consists of four chapters. The first two chapters deal with the basic material on the three-dimensional rotation group, on the complete Lorentz group and the proper Lorentz group, as well as the theory of representations of the three-dimensional rotation group. These chapters also provide the necessary basic information from the general theory of group representations. The third chapter is devoted to the representations of the proper Lorentz group and the complete Lorentz group, while the fourth chapter examines the theory of invariant equations. This book will prove useful to mathematicians and students.

Physics of the Lorentz Group

Physics of the Lorentz Group
Author: Sibel Baskal
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1681740621

This book explains the Lorentz mathematical group in a language familiar to physicists. While the three-dimensional rotation group is one of the standard mathematical tools in physics, the Lorentz group of the four-dimensional Minkowski space is still very strange to most present-day physicists. It plays an essential role in understanding particles moving at close to light speed and is becoming the essential language for quantum optics, classical optics, and information science. The book is based on papers and books published by the authors on the representations of the Lorentz group based on harmonic oscillators and their applications to high-energy physics and to Wigner functions applicable to quantum optics. It also covers the two-by-two representations of the Lorentz group applicable to ray optics, including cavity, multilayer and lens optics, as well as representations of the Lorentz group applicable to Stokes parameters and the Poincaré sphere on polarization optics.