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Latin American journal of physics education

A simple short derivation of the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients

Michael J. Caola

Published Jan 1, 2010• 2 citations
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Abstract

We give a simple short derivation of the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, motivated by simple introductory facts of\nquantum angular momentum. The derivation uses only binomial coefficients, eschewing raising- and loweringoperators,\ngroup theory, spinors and calculus.

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