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Spinors for Beginners 18: Irreducible Representations of SU(2) (Ladder Operators)

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0:00 Introduction
0:59 Representation Theory Definitions
3:45 Irreducible Representations
6:00 Ladder Operators (2x2)
10:27 Ladder Commutators
13:12 Raising/Lowering Eigenvectors
18:00 Casimir Operator
24:13 Highest Weight Eigenvector
25:25 Spin1 irrep of su(2)
30:30 Spin3/2 and Spin2 irreps of su(2)
32:12 Rotating Particles
35:23 Proof of one SU(2) irrep per dimension
36:46 One SO(3) irrep per odd dimension
41:07 Differential / Polynomial representations
41:49 Irreps of sl(2,C)

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