Mathematical aspects of the Periodic Law

Foundations of Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-214

  Restrepo, Guillermo ^a   Pachón, Leonardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Information theory; Mathematical chemistry; Number theory; Order theory; Periodic Law; Set theory; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447262584     PISSN: 13864238     EISSN: 15728463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10698-006-9026-6     Document Type: Article

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