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Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations

by Peter Woit · first published 2017

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  • wrycoder · May 10, 2021 · Recommends

    I'd recommend Physics From Symmetry by Jakob Schwichtenberg Also, (though I've not read it) this appears to be a longer, more detailed text in the same vein: Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction by Peter Woit This one gets to the EM field on page 573 :-/

    on “Gravity is a double copy of other forces” ↗
  • kgwgk · Sep 22, 2018 · Mentions

    This reminds me of Peter Woit, a theoretical physicist who has written a book on "Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations", asking if QM is a probabilistic theory. https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=10533 By the way, this example illustrates the point I made in another comment: you can have a long career…

    on “The Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics [pdf]” ↗

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