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QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
Dr. A. B. Sannigrahi
First Published: 2007
Second Edition: 2010
Reprints: 4
ISBN: 978-81-87134-40-4
Pages: 524

CONTENTS

- Elements of Classical Mechanics
- Historical Development of Quantum Mechanics
- Basic Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics of Translational Motion
- Basic Principles and Theorems of Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics of Vibrational Motion: The Harmonic Oscillator
- Quantum Mechanics of Rotational Motion: The Single-Particle Angular Momentum and Rigid Rotor
- Quantum Mechanics of Motion in a Coulomb Potential: The Hydrogenic Atoms
- Approximate Methods of Quantum Chemistry
- Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Many-Electron Atoms
- Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory
- Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Biotomic Molecules
- Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Polyatomic Molecules
- Semiempirical Methods of Quantum Chemistry
- Some Miscellaneous Topics of Quantum Chemistry

ABOUT THE BOOK: This book contains fifteen chapters. It starts with an introduction to classical mechanics in chapter 1 and ends with an introduction to density functional theory in the last section of chapter 15. Chapters 2-14 deal mainly with the historical development, basic principles, and theorems of quantum mechanics, solution of the Schrodinger equation for some exactly solvable system, and quantum mechanical treatments of many-electron atoms and molecules. The inclusion of a large number of worked-out examples, and of problems with a solution or hints for the solution, discussion of chemical bonding using a quantitative approach, a brief discussion of the second quantization method for electrons, etc. are some of the distinctive features of the book. The book is primarily intended for M.Sc. Chemistry students of Indian universities, IIT’s and other institutions. The last six chapters of the book dealing with many-electron atoms and molecules could be used for a post-M.Sc. course (as offered to the Ph.D. students) on quantum chemistry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. A. B. Sannigrahi did his M.Sc. in chemistry, Ph.D. in physical chemistry, and D.Sc. in quantum chemistry from Calcutta University. His total teaching and research experience covers a period of about four decades, of which he spent 32 years as faculty and 5 years as CSIR Emeritus Scientist at the chemistry department of IIT, Kharagpur, Prof. Sannigrahi carried out research work for a year at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, as a Unesco fellow, for two years and three months at the University of Bonn, Germany, as a Humboldt fellow, and for three months each at Wuppertal University, Germany, and the University of New Brunswick, Canada, as a visiting professor. Prof. Sannigrahi has published about 140 research papers.