On the Symmetric Tensor Operators of the Unitary Groups

Abstract

The algebraic expressions for the matrix elements of symmetric tensor operators (the powers of infinitesimal operators) of the unitary groups in the Gel'fand basis have been studied. The expressions for the isoscalar factors of the related Clebsch‐Gordan coefficients, one of the two representations to be coupled being symmetric, as well as the elements of a special recoupling matrix have been found. The supplementary symmetry properties of the isoscalar factors corresponding to the Regge symmetries of the Wigner and 6j coefficients of SU₂ have been examined.