Group Theory for Chemists

This undergraduate text deals with basics of group theory and its application to the analysis of vibrational spectra, and a molecular orbital description of bonding. It also links the topics to ligand field theory, properties of transition metal complexes and other themes within inorganic chemistry. Problem solving is stressed because the whole purpose of studying this subject is to apply it to chemical problems, and the author has therefore interspersed self-assessment questions at key stages in the text. Further problem exercises for self-assessment have been set at the end of most chapters, with solutions and tutorial hints. Concise, mathematically friendly and with a pictorial approach, the book is based on the author's long experience of teaching a most successful lecture course.