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Download or read book Introduction to Molecular Symmetry written by J. S. Ogden and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Primer presents an introduction to molecular symmetry and point groups with an emphasis on their applications. The author has adopted a non-mathematical approach as far as possible and the text will supplement those that are too advanced or gloss over important information. Chapter topics include symmetry elements, operations and point groups; matrices, multiplications tables and representations; the reduction formula; molecular vibrations; vibrational spectroscopy and degenerate vibrations; symmetry aspects of chemical bonding and matrices in higher order point groups