Group Theory Applied to Chemistry
Chemists are used to the operational definition of symmetry, which crystallographers introduced long before the advent of quantum mechanics. The ball-and-stick models of molecules naturally exhibit the symmetrical properties of macroscopic objects. However, the practitioner of quantum chemistry and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Operations
- Function spaces and matrices
- Groups
- Representations
- What has quantum chemistry got to do with it?
- Interactions
- Spherical symmetry and spins