scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1043655

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The two original volumes of Cornwell's ``Group theory in physics Vol. I and II (Zbl 0557.20001) which were published in 1984 contain 933 pages. Now an abridged version with only 349 pages appeared. Severe measures were necessary to condense the material by this amount. Most chapters lost their last parts, some chapters (e.g. on Lorentz and Poincaré groups, on gauge theories of elementary particles) got dropped completely, some chapters got melted together and most of the appendices which cover an enormous amount of information plus a large number of proofs have disappeared. The result is a book which looks much less frightening than the original two volumes. But the reader who wants a deeper understanding will sooner or later reach for the original version, anyway, while the others probably would prefer a broader but less demanding, introduction into the subject.




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