[net.physics] Group Theory Question

JMSK@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU (01/04/86)

From:  Jacob Moskowitz <JMSK@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU>


Arfken (2nd ed.) eqn (4.201) gives a general form for a matrix representation
of an SU(2) group element (ie, a 2x2 matrix, whose elements are of the form:
exp(ix)cos(w) ).  Does anyone know (or know of a reference containing) a 
similar form for SU(3) ?  Or a tractable derivation (I haven't given up
working it out myself yet) ?  I assume these forms are not unique.		
						Thanks.