Liqiang Wei and Alexander Dalgarno 2004 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 3259 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/37/9/014
Liqiang Wei and Alexander Dalgarno
Show affiliationsWe show that general 3n-j(n > 2) symbols of the first and second kinds for the group SU(2) can be reformulated in terms of binomial coefficients. The proof is based on the graphical technique established by Yutsis et al and through a definition of a reduced 6-j symbol. The resulting 3n-j symbols thereby take a combinatorial form which is simply the product of two factors. The one is an integer or polynomial which is the single sum over the products of reduced 6-j symbols. They are in the form of summing over the products of binomial coefficients. The other is a multiplication of all the triangle relations appearing in the symbols, which can also be rewritten using binomial coefficients. The new formulation indicates that the intrinsic structure for the general recoupling coefficients is much nicer and simpler, which might serve as a bridge for study with other fields. Along with our newly developed algorithms, this also provides a basis for a direct, exact and efficient calculation or tabulation of all the 3n-j symbols of the SU(2) group for all the range of quantum angular momentum arguments. As an illustration, we present the results for the 12-j symbols of the first kind.
11B65 Binomial coefficients; factorials; q-identities (See also 05A10, 05A30)
Issue 9 (5 March 2004)
Received 24 September 2003, in final form 22 December 2003
Published 18 February 2004
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