Download or read book The Lie Algebras su(N) written by Walter Pfeifer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-07-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lie algebras are efficient tools for analyzing the properties of physical systems. Concrete applications comprise the formulation of symmetries of Hamiltonian systems, the description of atomic, molecular and nuclear spectra, the physics of elementary particles and many others. This work gives an introduction to the properties and the structure of the Lie algebras su(n). The book features an elementary (matrix) access to su(N)-algebras, and gives a first insight into Lie algebras. Student readers should be enabled to begin studies on physical su(N)-applications, instructors will profit from the detailed calculations and examples.