TY - BOOK AU - Vincent,Alan TI - Molecular symmetry and group theory: a programmed introduction to chemical applications SN - 978-0-471-48939-9 PY - 2001/// CY - West Sussex PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Teoría molecular KW - Química física KW - Simetría (Física) KW - Grupos, Teoría de N1 - Índice N2 - 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 ER -