Correcting two long-standing errors in point group symmetry character tables

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1882-1884

  Shirts, Randall B ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ERROR CORRECTION; MOLECULES; TEXTBOOKS;

POINT GROUP SYMMETRY CHARACTER TABLES;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 35748945145     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1882     Document Type: Article

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