Conceptual Trends in Quantum Chemistry
By: edited by E.S. Kryachko, J.L. Calais
Contributors: Calais, J. L.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint; Springer
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789401108522
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Mathematics; Chemistry; Quantum theory
Description: This volume contains nine substantial contributions from leading scientists which embrace the fundamentals of various aspects of the conceptual development of quantum chemistry. Topics dealt with include the behaviour of molecules in magnetic fields, the long-standing problem of the decoupling of nuclear from electron motion in molecules, the status of density functional theory, and the string model of chemical reactions. New insights are also presented into basic concepts, such as the nature of chemical bonding and molecular structure, the quantum mechanical problem of the phase space; and new trends in the mathematical base of quantum chemistry, such as the methods of hyperspherical harmonics and of the wavelet transform are discussed. <br/> For researchers and graduate students of quantum and theoretical chemistry, quantum mechanics and chemical physics. <br/>