# Textbook on group theory for physics student

I'm an undergraduate physics student and realize I should learn some group theory for physics. Does anyone know any good textbooks that would be good for this? I've found the following but am not sure if any of them are good:

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics - Michael Tinkham

Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory and Its Applications - Roy McWeeny

A Course on Group Theory - John Rose

• You don't need a full book on group theory. Physicists only use certain parts of group/ representation theory ($SO(n),\ SU(n)$, etc). Try Linearity, Symmetry, and Prediction in the Hydrogen Atom. It goes over a lot of different topics in the context of that familiar thing from undergrad QM -- the Hydrogen atom. In particular it covers all of the group theory that you'll need to know unless/ until you decide to start studying supersymmetry or string theory or something like that. – user137731 Jan 20 '16 at 23:53
• why the graph-theory tag? – Chris Godsil Jan 21 '16 at 0:28