SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Lowe's new edition assumes little mathematical or physical sophistication and emphasizes an understanding of the techniques and results of quantum chemistry. It can serve as a… Read more
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Dedication
THE MOLECULAR CHALLENGE
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1: Classical Waves and the Time-Independent Schrödinger Wave Equation
Chapter 2: Quantum Mechanics of Some Simple Systems
Chapter 3: The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator
Chapter 4: The Hydrogenlike Ion, Angular Momentum, and the Rigid Rotor
Chapter 5: Many-Electron Atoms
Chapter 6: Postulates and Theorems of Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 7: The Variation Method
Chapter 8: The Simple Hückel Method and Applications
Chapter 9: Matrix Formulation of the Linear Variation Method
Chapter 10: The Extended Hückel Method
Chapter 11: The SCF-LCAO-MO Method and Extensions
Chapter 12: Time-Independent Rayleigh–Schrödinger Perturbation Theory
Chapter 13: Group Theory
Chapter 14: Qualitative Molecular Orbital Theory
Chapter 15: Molecular Orbital Theory of Periodic Systems
Appendix 1: Useful Integrals
Appendix 2: Determinants
Appendix 3: Evaluation of the Coulomb Repulsion Integral Over 1s AOs
Appendix 4: Angular Momentum Rules
Appendix 5: The Pairing Theorem
Appendix 6: Hückel Molecular Orbital Energies, Coefficients, Electron Densities, and Bond Orders for Some Simple Molecules
Appendix 7: Derivation of the Hartree–Fock Equation
Appendix 8: The Virial Theorem for Atoms and Diatomic Molecules
Appendix 9: Bra-ket Notation
Appendix 10: Values of Some Useful Constants and Conversion Factors
Appendix 11: Group Theoretical Charts and Tables
Appendix 12: Hints for Solving Selected Problems
Appendix 13: Answers to Problems
Index
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