I have several questions about symmetry in quantum mechanics.
- It is often said that the degeneracy is the dimension of irreducible representation. I can understand that if the Hamiltonian has a symmetric group G, then the state space with the same energy eigenvalue will carry a representation of G. However, why this representation is usually irreducible?
- Is it true that the representation of continuous symmetric group must be unitary and cannot be anti-unitary?
- What is the difference between geometric symmetry and dynamical symmetry? By dynamical symmetry I mean for example the SO(4) symmetry of hydrogen. Some text refers dynamical symmetry to "internal" symmetry. How to state the definition of dynamical symmetry strictly?
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