This is a self-contained student-friendly introduction to the key concepts of quantum chemistry. The math is developed as needed and motivated by the concepts themselves. (Midwest).
This edition equips the reader with a complete understanding of fundamental topics like the concepts of operators and oscillatory and wave motions, gamma functions and cyclic determinants, whose knowledge is indispensable for studying other ...
This new edition includes many new topics such as band theory and heat capacity of solids, spectroscopy of molecules and complexes (including applications to ligand field theory), and small molecules of astrophysical interest.
Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry
Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry
Classic undergraduate text explores wave functions for the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, the Pauli exclusion principle, and the structure of simple and complex molecules. Numerous tables and figures.
... Exploring Aspects of Computational Chemistry . Concepts and Exercises . Presses Universitaires de Namur , Belique , 1997 . Atkins , P. W. , Friedman , R. S .: Molecular Quantum Mechanics , Oxford Univ . Press , Oxford , 1996 , and ...
This graduate-level text explains the modern in-depth approaches to the calculation of electronic structure and the properties of molecules. Largely self-contained, it features more than 150 exercises. 1989 edition.
The basic concepts of quantum mechanics are explained in this book in a concise and easy-to-read manner, leading toward applications in solid-state electronics and optics.
Contents: Introduction, Some Mathematical Concepts, The Classical Theory of Vibrations, Two and Three Dimensions Waves, The Quantum Hypothesis, The Bohr Model and Matter Waves, Particle Waves and Quantum Mechanics, Wave Mechanics of Sum ...
The Workbook includes: A comparative overview of how basic concepts and principles actually work in free atoms, small molecules, polymers, and crystals A practical look at the approximation level of a one-electron type A complete ...