William McClain

eBook, PDF

Symmetry Theory in Molecular Physics with Mathematica (eBook, PDF)

A new kind of tutorial book

Beschreibung

This is a new kind of tutorial book. It is written using the logic engine Mathematica, which permits concrete exploration and development of every concept involved in Symmetry Theory. The book may be read in the hand or on a computer screen with Mathematica running behind it. It is intended for students of chemistry and molecular physics who need to know mathematical group theory and its applications, either for their own research or for understanding the language and concepts of their field. The book culminates with chapters that use permutaion groups to analyze flexible molecules, a topic which is on the frontier of current research and is not covered in any commonly adopted textbook. The author started working with Mathematica as soon as it appeared in 1988, bringing over ten years of near daily experience with Mathematica to this book.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 11.31MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

W.M. McClain started working with Mathematica as soon as it appeared in 1988, bringing over ten years of nearly daily experience with Mathematica to this book. He has written many research papers that use Mathematica and has also used group theory throughout his 20-year research career in nonlinear spectroscopy. He published the first group theoretic analysis of nonlinear tensors in vibronic sprectroscopy, regarded by many as a landmark paper.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 689
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387734705
• Artikelnr.: 43728887

Rezensionen

From the reviews:
"The layout of McClain's book definitely reflects the author's idea of the book, together with multiple examples ... . First of all it is partitioned into three Parts which are further spilt into 48 Chapters and three Appendices. ... Summarizing, it is likely that tutorial book that many students and PhD students of chemistry, atomic and molecular physics are expected to percept the concept of molecular symmetry practically, interactively via Mathematica with molecules and thus to directly apply them in their own research." (Eugene Kryachko, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1187, 2010)