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AMA | June 2024

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

CHAPTER

Symmetries and Group Theory in Physics

Exploration of symmetries and group theory in physics, covering discrete groups like the triangle group and the square group, as well as smooth transformations represented by matrices such as SU2 and SU3. The chapter includes anecdotes about 'licensed quantum mechanic' shirts, discussions on vacuum states in quantum field theory, and the concept of compactification in string theory.

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