On the symmetry properties of non-rigid molecules

1 September 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics

Vol. 38 (3) , 863-875
https://doi.org/10.1080/00268977900102101

Abstract

A unified, constructive approach to the symmetry properties of non-rigid molecules is outlined and the relation of the formalism to the permutation-inversion, isometric and isodynamic theories is discussed. The formulation of the molecular symmetry group as a semi-direct product is considered and isodynamic operations are defined as generalizations of the conventional Wigner vibrational symmetry operations.

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