Who wrote "Ch 6 Groups & Representations in QM"?

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The discussion revolves around the authorship of "Chapter 6: Groups and Representations in Quantum Mechanics," with participants exploring the correct attribution of the chapter and its source. The context includes inquiries about representation theory in quantum mechanics and the search for additional chapters related to this material.

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  • One participant questions the authorship attributed to Weinberg, Glashow, and Salam, suggesting it may be a misattribution based on the presence of a quote and footnote in the chapter.
  • Another participant asserts that the author of the chapter is Dimitri Vvedensky and provides a link to additional course materials related to the topic.
  • A later reply confirms the identification of Vvedensky as the author and expresses gratitude for the clarification.

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There is disagreement regarding the authorship of the chapter, with one participant believing it is misattributed while another asserts it is correctly attributed to Vvedensky.

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The discussion highlights uncertainty about the source of the chapter and the nature of its authorship, with references to potential lecture notes and course materials.

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Who really wrote the best introductory account of representation theory in QM that I've seen so far ? [Likely mis-attribution discussed here below; prefixed "Advanced" to reach lecturers who are more likely to know the answer to this question.]

It's available via https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...show/6c20cf4f67a872355773eed9cf0d110807b71ac0

It's also available on other pedagogical sites, which justifies its popularity - but I would like to find the rest of the chapters as the level of explanation seems much better than usual.

Its authorship seems to be attributed to three Nobellists cited in a footnote (Weinberg, Glashow and Salam), in relation to the chapter-opening quote by one of them (Steven Weinberg). However, searching on their names I've been unable to locate a correspondong publication by any or all of them.

Can anyone identify the book and/or its author, from which this Chapter 6 has been excerpted?

Meanwhile, for anyone struggling with elementary representation theory in QM, I thoroughly recommend this chapter.

With thanks - Paul
 
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[Oh! 1st reply's disappeared]

Dear X - Thanks, but the whole point of my query is that I think the work has been misattributed - if you open it and look at the first page, there's a quote from Weinberg and a footnote indicating what I believe is the source of the quote, not the source of the book/chapter.

The only way I can see the attribution being correct is if the three of them (not all at the same institution) wrote the material as lecture notes - but I think that's unlikely.
Regards - Paul
 
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