Group Theory

and its application to the

Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra


Eugene P. Wigner


translated from the German by

J. J. Griffin

1959


Cover

a, b,

Author's Preface

v, vi,

Translator's preface

vii,

Contents

ix, x, xi,

1 - Vector and Matrices

p001, p002, p003, p004, p005, p006, p007, p008, p009, p010,
p011, p012,

2 - Generalizations

p013, p014, p015, p016, p017, p018, p019,

3 - The Principal Axis Transformations

p020,
p021, p022, p023, p024, p025, p026, p027, p028, p029, p030,

4 - The Elements of Quantum mechanics

p031, p032, p033, p034, p035, p036, p037, p038, p039,

5 - Perturbation Theory

p040,
p041, p042, p043, p044, p045, p046,

6 - Transformation Theory and the Bases for the Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

p047, p048, p049, p050,
p051, p052, p053, p054, p055, p056, p057,

7 - Abstract Group theory

p058, p059, p060,
p061, p062, p063, p064, p065, p066,

8 - Invariant Subgroups

p067, p068, p069, p070,
p071,

9 - The general theory of Representations

p072, p073, p074, p075, p076, p077, p078, p079, p080,
p081, p082, p083, p084, p085, p086, p087,

10 - Continuous Groups

p088, p089, p090,
p091, p092, p093, p094, p095, p096, p097, p098, p099, p100,
p101, p102,

11 - Representations and Eigenfunctions

p103, p104, p105, p106, p107, p108, p109, p110,
p111,

12 - The Algebra of Representation Theory

p112, p113, p114, p115, p116, p117, p118, p119, p120,
p121, p122, p123,

13 - The Symmetric Group

p124, p125, p126, p127, p128, p129, p130,
p131, p132, p133, p134, p135, p136, p137, p138, p139, p140,
p141,

14 - The Rotation Groups

p142, p143, p144, p145, p146, p147, p148, p149, p150,
p151, p152,

15 - The Three Dimensional Pure rotation Group

p153, p154, p155, p156, p157, p158, p159, p160,
p161, p162, p163, p164, p165, p166, p167, p168, p169, p170,

16 - The Representations of the Direct Product

p171, p172, p173, p174, p175, p176,

17 - The Characteristics of Atomic Spectra

p177, p178, p179, p180,
p181, p182, p183, p184, p185, p186, p187, p188, p189, p190,
p191, p192, p193, p194,

18 - Selection Rules  and the Splitting of the Spectral Lines

p195, p196, p197, p198, p199, p200,
p201, p202, p203, p204, p205, p206, p207, p208, p209,

19 - Partial Determination of Eigenfunctions from Their Transformation Properties

p210,
p211, p212, p213, p214, p215, p216, p217, p218, p219,

20 - Electron Spin

p220,
p221, p222, p223, p224, p225, p226, p227, p228, p229, p230,
p231, p232, p233, p234, p235, p236,

21 - The Total Angular Momentum Quantum Number

p237, p238, p239, p240,
p241, p242, p243, p244, p245, p246, p247, p248, p249, p250,

22 - The Fine Structure of Spectral Lines

p251, p252, p253, p254, p255, p256, p257, p258, p259, p260,
p261, p262, p263, p264, p265,

23 - Selection and Intensity Rules  with Spin

p266, p267, p268, p269, p270,
p271, p272, p273, p274, p275, p276, p277, p278, p279, p280,
p281, p282, p283,

24 - Racah Coefficients

p284, p285, p286, p287, p288, p289, p290,
p291, p292, p293, p294, p295, p296, p297, p298, p299, p310,
p301, p302, p303, p304, p305, p306, p307, p308,

25 - The Building-Up Principle

p309, p310,
p311, p312, p313, p314, p315, p316, p317, p318, p319, p320,
p321, p322, p323, p324,

26 - Time Inversion

p325, p326, p327, p328, p329, p330,
p331, p332, p333, p334, p335, p336, p337, p338, p339, p340,
p341, p342, p343, p344, p345, p346, p347, p348,

27 - Physical Interpretation and Classical Limits of Representation Coefficients, Three- and Six-j Symbols

p349, p350, p351, p352, p353, p354, p355, p356,

Appendix A - Conventions

p357, p358, p359, p360,

Appendix B - Summary of Formulas

p361, p362, p363, p364,

Subject Index

p365, p366, p367, p368, p369, p370,
p371, p372