Any good reference on construction of irreducible representations of SU(N)?

[wdlang]

how to construct an irreducible representation of SU(3)?

 

[humanino]

Read (buy) Georgi's "Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories".
That's the best reference out there for graduate students on your question.

 

[element4]

I own and like the book by http://books.google.com/books?id=B_...resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false".

I haven't read the book humanino mentions, but I know many people that like it and recommend it.

 

[steinkirch]

http://mysbfiles.stonybrook.edu/~mvonsteinkir/lectures_phys/SUNY_Grad/group.pdf