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Ian J. McNaught

School of Human and Biomedical Sciences, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia

J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (7), p 811

DOI: 10.1021/ed074p811

Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1997

Abstract

Contrary to common belief it is possible for a point group to have more than one acceptable character table. The uniqueness of a character table is a consequence of the great orthogonality theorem. Because this theorem does not apply to infinite point groups it means that these groups do not necessarily have a unique character table. Four acceptable character table for the point group D_infiniteh are presented and discussed.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Group Theory / Symmetry

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