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On the direct calculations of the representations of the three-dimensional pure rotation group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Yehiel Lehrer-Ilamed
Affiliation:
Israel Atomic Energy Commission, P.O.B. 527, Rehovoth, Israel

Abstract

Explicit formulae are given for calculating the matrix elements of the irreducible representations of the three-dimensional pure rotation group by the direct method. In addition explicit formulae are derived to calculate the representations of the finite elements of any group when the eigenvalues of the matrix representing the corresponding infinitesimal elements are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1964

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