PHYSICS 231B · PHYS 231BMethods of Mathematical Physics
Physics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Widely used methods of group theory with applications to physics, including matrix Lie groups and Lie algebras, crystallographic groups, representations of groups and Lie algebras, tensors, spinors, roots, weights, structure of simple Lie algebras, and homogeneous spaces.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 221A, 231A, or equivalent.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- equivalent
- · could not read "equivalent" (no course number found)
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "courses 221A, 231A, or equivalent" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 231B
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 231AMethods of Mathematical Physics
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.