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Symmetry and symmetry breaking in chemistry : molecular structures and chemical reactions / Wolfgang Kliesch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kliesch, Wolfgang, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical reactions.
- Molecular structure.
- Symmetry (Physics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 466) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This work points out which important part symmetry of molecules and the breaking of symmetry im molecular systems plays in chemical reactions. After a thorough mathematical treatment of isometry groups and bifurcation subgroups it finally describes some interesting examples."-- Title details screen.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Notation
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some mathematical fundamentals
- Part I: Groups
- 3 Groups
- 4 The action of a group
- 5 The representation of a group
- 6 The character of a linear representation
- 7 The regular representation and consequences
- Part II: Isometry groups
- 8 The isometry group t(Vn)
- 9 The isometry group t0(V2)
- 10 The isometry group t0(R3)
- Part III: The symmetry of molecules
- 11 The symmetry of molecules
- 12 Point groups of molecules
- Part IV: Symmetry in molecular systems
- 13 The configuration space of a molecular system
- 14 Symmetry in a configuration space
- 15 The energy function of a molecular system
- Part V: Symmetry breaking in molecular systems
- 16 Symmetry breaking in a molecular system
- 17 The bifurcation subgroups of some Abelian point groups
- 18 The bifurcation subgroups of the groups Cnv
- 19 The bifurcation subgroups of the groups Dn
- 20 The bifurcation subgroups of the groups Dnh
- 21 The bifurcation subgroups of the groups Dnd
- Part VI: Equilibrial paths and symmetry breaking
- 22 Equilibrial reaction paths
- 23 Symmetry breaking at an equilibrial path
- Part VII: Chemical reactions
- 24 A mathematical model of chemically reacting systems
- 25 Examples
- A The symmetry types
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783111345239
- 3111345238
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