2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/99746The goal of this introduction to symmetries is to present some general ideas, to outline the fundamental concepts and results of the subject and to situate a bit the following lectures of this school. [These notes represent the write-up of a lecture presented at the fifth ``Seminaire Rhodanien de Physique: Sur les Symetries en Physique" held at Dolomieu (France), 17-21 March 1997. Up to the appendix and the graphics, it is to be published in "Symmetries in Physics", F.Gieres, M.Kibler,C.Lucchesi and O.Piguet, eds. (Editions Frontieres, 1998).]Latex, 42 pages, 4 figuresHigh Energy Physics - TheoryHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyMathematical PhysicsNuclear Theorytext