Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics

This book provides a rigorous account on the fundamentals and applications of Group Theory to chemical physics.

1. The elementary properties of groups; 2. Symmetry operators and point groups; 3. Matrix representations; 4. Group representations; 5. Bases of representations; 6. Molecular orbitals; 7. Crystal field theory; 8. Double groups; 9. Molecular vibrations; 10. Transitions between electronic states; 11. The rotation group; 12. Projective representations; 13. Time-reversal symmetry; 14. The crystallographic magnetic point groups; 15. Macroscopic properties of crystals; 16. Space groups; 17. Electronic energy states in crystals; 18. The vibration of atoms in crystals; Appendices.