Introduction to Groups, Invariants, & Particles

This introduction to Group Theory, with its emphasis on Lie Groups and their application to the study of symmetries of the fundamental constituents of matter, has its origin in a one-semester course that I taught at Yale University for more than ten years. The course was developed for Seniors, and advanced Juniors, majoring in the Physical Sciences. The students had generally completed the core courses for their majors, and had taken intermediate level courses in Linear Algebra, Real and Co...