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Zusatztext "the best introduction to the subject! especially for those whose mathematics is weak."--Chemistry and Industry! 2nd April 2001 Informationen zum Autor Alan Vincent, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kingston University, UK. Klappentext The new edition of this best-selling textbook addresses the difficulties that can arise with the mathematics that underpins the study of symmetry, and acknowledges that group theory can be a complex concept for students to grasp. Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory is based around a series of programmes that help students learn at their own pace and enable them to understand the subject fully. Readers are taken through a series of carefully constructed exercises, designed to simplify the mathematics and give them a full understanding of how this relates to the chemistry. The second edition has been revised and expanded and includes a new chapter on the projection operator method. This is used to calculate the form of the normal modes of vibration of a molecule and the normalised wave functions of hybrid orbitals or molecular orbitals. Features: A concise, gentle introduction to symmetry and group theory Takes a programmed learning approach New material on projection operators, and the calculation of normal modes of vibration and normalised wave functions of orbitals "the best introduction to the subject, especially for those whose mathematics is weak."--Chemistry and Industry, 2nd April 2001 Zusammenfassung This substantially revised and expanded new edition of the bestselling textbook, addresses the difficulties that can arise with the mathematics that underpins the study of symmetry, and acknowledges that group theory can be a complex concept for students to grasp. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition vii How to use the Programmes ix Programme 1: Symmetry Elements and Operations 1 Programme 2: Point Groups 22 Programme 3: Non-degenerate Representations 46 Programme 4: Matrices 65 Programme 5: Degenerate Representations 85 Programme 6: Applications to Chemical Bonding 102 Programme 7: Applications to Molecular Vibration 122 Programme 8: Linear Combinations 139 Bibliography 173 Mathematical Data for use with Character Tables 174 Character Tables for Chemically Important Symmetry Groups 176 Index 186 ...
