On Symmetry Groups of the MIC-Kepler Problem and Their Unitary Irreducible Representations

Author(s):  
Toshihiro Iwai ◽  
Yoshio Uwano
Author(s):  
Krishnan Suresh

It is well known that one can exploit symmetry to speed-up engineering analysis and improve accuracy, at the same time. Not surprisingly, most CAE systems have standard ‘provisions’ for exploiting symmetry. However, these provisions are inadequate in that they needlessly burden the design engineer with time consuming and error-prone tasks of symmetry detection, symmetry cell construction and reformulation. In this paper, we propose and discuss an automated methodology for symmetry exploitation. First, we briefly review the theory of point symmetry groups that symmetry exploitation rests on. We then address symmetry detection and ‘symmetry cell’ construction. We then address an important concept of boundary mapping of symmetry cells, and relate it to the irreducible representations of point symmetry groups. By formalizing these concepts, we show how automated symmetry exploitation can be achieved, and discuss an implementation of the proposed work within the FEMLAB CAE environment.


2004 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 101-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Matthews

AbstractThe process of classifying possible symmetry-breaking bifurcations requires a computation involving the subgroups and irreducible representations of the original symmetry group. It is shown how this calculation can be automated using a group theory package such as GAP. This enables a number of new results to be obtained for larger symmetry groups, where manual computation is impractical. Examples of symmetric and alternating groups are given, and the method is also applied to the spatial symmetry-breaking of periodic patterns observed in experiments.


1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1114-1118 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. Dresselhaus ◽  
G. Dresselhaus

Group theoretical methods are used to obtain the form of the elastic moduli matrices and the number of independent parameters for various symmetries. Particular attention is given to symmetry groups for which 3D and 2D isotropy is found for the stress-strain tensor relation. The number of independent parameters is given by the number of times the fully symmetric representation is contained in the direct product of the irreducible representations for two symmetrical second rank tensors. The basis functions for the lower symmetry groups are found from the compatibility relations and are explicitly related to the elastic moduli. These types of symmetry arguments should be generally useful in treating the elastic properties of solids and composites.


1967 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Simoni ◽  
B. Vitale ◽  
F. Zaccaria

The construction of the symmetry groups is described for the regular complexes that tessellate S 2 and S 3 . For S 3 these groups are four-dimensional point groups, and they are described in this paper both in terms of their presentations and as subgroups of products of the binary polyhedral groups. The second description is used to obtain the irreducible representations of the symmetry groups; the character tables are also given.


2000 ◽  
Vol 33 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 326-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiro Iwai ◽  
Takehiko Sunako

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