Rotations, Quaternions and Double Groups

Altmann, Simon L.

ISBN 10: 0198553722 / ISBN 13: 9780198553724

Published by Oxford Clarendon Press, 1986

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0198553722. Seller Inventory # 5971919

Synopsis:

Quaternions are a simple and powerful tool for handling rotations and double groups. This book gives a complete treatment of finite point groups as subgroups of the full rotation group and emphasizes geometrical and topological methods which permit a unique definition of the quaternion parameters for all operations of such groups. An important feature of the book is an elementary but comprehensive discussion of projective representations and their application to the spinor representations. This gives great advantages in conciseness and precision over the more classicl double group method. The treatment throughout is self-contained although some familiarity with elementary group theory is assumed.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rotations, Quaternions and Double Groups
Publisher: Oxford Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good