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>    2. We are both physics students with very little knowledge in
>       group theory/algebra - may you recommend a good text about
>       this subject?

One good introductory book that I like a lot is Armstrong's "Symmetry
and Groups".  Actually I am not 100% certain that this is the correct
title; I am sure it is by Armstrong, however.  It is one of the
Springer "Undergraduate Texts" series.

--Mark Phillips