Pre-requisites
lineaire algebra
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Objectives
Recognition of molecular symmetry and its use in solving the Schrodinger equation.
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Contents
- Introduction to point groups and their irreducible presentations. - Application to molecular orbital theory. - Concept of feasible permutations and the permutation-inversion group.
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Literature
- F.A. Cotton, 'Chemical applications of group theory', 3rd ed., 1990, Wiley.
- P.R. Bunker, P. Jensen, 'Molecular symmetry and spectroscopy, 1998, NRC Research Press.
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