Bell That Rings Light, The: A Primer in Quantum Mechanics and Chemical Bonding (Mathematics Across the Curriculum)

Wallace, Dorothy I/ Belbruno, Joseph

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（2006/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 152 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789812567055
• DDC分類 530.12

基本説明

An introduction to quantum mechanics and mathematics that leads to the solution of the Schroedinger equation.

Full Description

This book is an introduction to quantum mechanics and mathematics that leads to the solution of the Schrodinger equation. It can be read and understood by undergraduates without sacrificing the mathematical details necessary for a complete solution giving the shapes of molecular orbitals seen in every chemistry text. Readers are introduced to many mathematical topics new to the undergraduate curriculum, such as basic representation theory, Schur's lemma, and the Legendre polynomials.

Contents

Rutherford, Bohr and Balmer; Some Important Experiments; Early Quantum Mechanics: The Atom; New Assumptions; Zetetics; Classical Waves; Particle-in-a-Box; Exploring the Analogy; Dr Schrodinger, I Presume?; The Quantum Numbers; Pleased to Meet You, Dr Schur; The Spherical Harmonics; More French Mathematicians; Reprise: The Quantum Numbers; Chemistry and Bonding; Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion; The Shape of an Orbital; Molecular Orbital Theory; Valence Bond Theory; Other Kinds of Bonding; Case Study: Dye Molecules.