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Название: Introduction to Symmetry and Group Theory for Chemists
Автор: Arthur M. Lesk
Аннотация:
This book is based on a one-semester course for advanced undergraduates
specializing in physical chemistry. I am aware that the mathematical training
of most science majors is more heavily weighted towards analysis – typically calculus and differential equations – than towards algebra. But it remains
my conviction that the basic ideas and applications of group theory are not
only vital, but not difficult to learn, even though a formal mathematical setting
with emphasis on rigor and completeness is not the place where most chemists
would feel most comfortable in learning them.
The presentation here is short, and limited to those aspects of symmetry and
group theory that are directly useful in interpreting molecular structure and
spectroscopy. Nevertheless I hope that the reader will begin to sense some of
the beauty of the subject. Symmetry is at the heart of our understanding of the
physical laws of nature. If a reader is happy with what appears in this book, I
must count this a success. But if the book motivates a reader to move deeper
into the subject, I shall be gratified.