TY - BOOK AU - Magnasco,Valerio TI - Methods of molecular quantum mechanics: An introduction to electronic molecular structure SN - 9780470684429 AV - QD462 .M335 U1 - 541/.03028 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, U.K. PB - Wiley KW - Quantum chemistry KW - Molecular structure KW - Electrons KW - Chimie quantique KW - Structure mol�eculaire KW - �Electrons KW - molecular structure KW - aat KW - SCIENCE KW - Chemistry KW - Physical & Theoretical KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - quantum mechanics; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Principles -- Matrices -- Atomic Orbitals -- Variation Method -- Spin -- Antisymmetry of Many-Electron Wavefunctions -- Self-consistent-field Calculations and Model Hamiltonians -- Post-Hartree-Fock Methods -- Valence Bond Theory and the Chemical Bond -- Elements of Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory -- Atomic and Molecular Interactions -- Symmetry N2 - This provides an advanced text introducing graduate students to the mathematical foundations of methods needed to do working applications in molecular quantum mechanics. It contains a consistent use of atomic units from the very beginning for simplifying mathematical formulae, and presents a unified presentation of basic elements of atomic and molecular interactions, with particular emphasis on practical use of second-order calculation techniques ER -