Quantum Chemistry Student Edition

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
THE MOLECULAR CHALLENGE, Page vii
PREFACE, Pages xv-xvi
CHAPTER 1 - CLASSICAL WAVES AND THE TIME-INDEPENDENT SCHRÖDINGER WAVE EQUATION, Pages 1-26
CHAPTER 2 - QUANTUM MECHANICS OF SOME SIMPLE SYSTEMS, Pages 27-59
CHAPTER 3 - THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL HARMONIC OSCILLATOR, Pages 60-75
CHAPTER 4 - THE HYDROGENLIKE ION, Pages 76-106
CHAPTER 5 - MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS, Pages 107-134
CHAPTER 6 - POSTULATES AND THEOREMS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, Pages 135-149
CHAPTER 7 - THE VARIATION METHOD, Pages 150-201
CHAPTER 8 - THE SIMPLE HÜCKEL METHOD AND APPLICATIONS, Pages 202-266
CHAPTER 9 - MATRIX FORMULATION OF THE LINEAR VARIATION METHOD, Pages 267-282
CHAPTER 10 - THE EXTENDED HÜCKEL METHOD, Pages 283-308
CHAPTER 11 - THE SCF–LCAO–MO METHOD AND EXTENSIONS, Pages 309-346
CHAPTER 12 - TIME-INDEPENDENT RAYLEIGH-SCHRÖDINGER PERTURBATION THEORY, Pages 347-380
CHAPTER 13 - GROUP THEORY, Pages 381-436
CHAPTER 14 - QUALITATIVE MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY, Pages 437-482
APPENDIX 1 - USEFUL INTEGRALS, Pages 483-484
APPENDIX 2 - DETERMINANTS, Pages 485-487
APPENDIX 3 - EVALUATION OF THE COULOMB REPULSION INTEGRAL OVER 1s AOs, Pages 488-492
APPENDIX 4 - SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLUTIONS OF THE LINEAR VARIATION PROCEDURE, Pages 493-497
APPENDIX 5 - THE PAIRING THEOREM, Pages 498-499
APPENDIX 6 - HÜCKEL MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGIES, COEFFICIENTS, ELECTRON DENSITIES, AND BOND ORDERS FOR SOME SIMPLE MOLECULES, Pages 500-508
APPENDIX 7 - DERIVATION OF THE HARTREE–FOCK EQUATION, Pages 509-519
APPENDIX 8 - THE VIRIAL THEOREM FOR ATOMS AND DIATOMIC MOLECULES, Pages 520-524
APPENDIX 9 - DETAILS OF THE SOLUTION OF THE MATRIX EQUATION HC=SCE, Pages 525-537
APPENDIX 10 - COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS, Pages 538-551
APPENDIX 11 - BRA–KET NOTATION, Pages 552-553
APPENDIX 12 - VALUES OF SOME USEFUL CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS, Pages 554-557
APPENDIX 13 - GROUP THEORETICAL CHARTS AND TABLES, Pages 558-571
APPENDIX 14 - HINTS FOR SOLVING SELECTED PROBLEMS, Pages 572-573
APPENDIX 15 - ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS, Pages 574-593
INDEX, Pages 595-599