PHY600: Group Theory

Taught by: Al Shapere
Meets: MWF 10-11am in CP183

Syllabus

The Textbook

Lecture Notes:

• Week 1.
  
• Week 2.
  
• Week 3.
  
• Week 4.
  
• Week 5.
  
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• Week 7.
  
• Week 8.
  
• Week 9.
  
• Week 10.
  
• Week 11.
  
• Week 12.
  
• Week 13.
  
• Week 14.
  
• Week 15.
  

Homework Assignments:

• Homework 1 Due January 19
  
• Homework 2 Due January 26
  
• Homework 3 Due February 2
  
• Homework 4 Due February 9
  
• Homework 5 Due February 16
  
• Homework 6 Due February 23
  
• Homework 7 Due March 1
  
• Homework 8 Due March 8
  
• Homework 9 Due March 22
  
• Homework 10 Due April 1
  
• Homework 11 Due April 8
  
• Homework 12 Due April 15
  
• Homework 13 Due April 22
  

Group theory links:

• Broken Symmetry and Order Parameters, by James Sethna.
  
• Interactive quasicrystals.
  
• Interactive demo on crystallographic groups.
  
• The 17 wallpaper groups.
  
• Polyhedral solids.
  
• Web resources related to polyhedra.
  
• History of group theory.