When Topology Meets Chemistry - A Topological Look At Molecular Chirality

Klappentext An undergraduate topology text describing knot theory, 3-dimensional manifolds, and embedded graphs, and the role these play in understanding molecular structures. Zusammenfassung In this topology text! the reader will learn about knot theory! 3-dimensional manifolds! and the topology of embedded graphs! and the role these play in understanding molecular structures. All the relevant background is provided. For advanced undergraduate mathematics students! and researchers in chemistry and biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Stereochemical topology; 2. Detecting chirality; 3. Chiral moebius ladders and related molecular graphs; 4. Different types of chirality and achirality; 5. Embeddings of complete graphs in 3-space; 6. Rigid and non-rigid symmetries of graphs in 3-space; 7. Topology of DNA.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Flapan Erica, Erica Flapan, Erica (Pomona College Flapan
• Con la collaborazione di: Ronald Graham (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2000
• EAN: 9780521664820
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66482-0
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Outlooks; Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Geometria