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**Representations** | **Representations** | ||
- | [{{ :advanced_tools:group_theory:su3reps.png?nolink |Diagram by Eduard Sackinger}}] | + | The diagram below shows the defining (3-dimensional) representation of $SU(3)$ in its upper branch and the 8-dimensional adjoint representations of the same group in its lower branch. The adjoint representation can be rewritten such that it acts on 8-dimensional vectors (as opposed to 3x3 matrices) by regular matrix-vector multiplication. |
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+ | [{{ :advanced_tools:group_theory:representation_theory:su3_adjoint.jpg?nolink }}] | ||
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+ | For more groups and their representations see [[https://esackinger.wordpress.com/|Fun with Symmetry]]. | ||
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