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We have shown how to obtain a representation of the point group of any molecule using a set of 3N vectors (three Cartesian coordinate vectors on each of the N atoms) and how to reduce this (or any other reducible representation) into its irreducible components. We shall now see that, using these principles, we can obtain a good deal of useful information from the vibrational spectrum of any molecule.
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© 1991 George Davidson
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Davidson, G. (1991). Group theory and vibrational spectroscopy. In: Group theory for chemists. Macmillan Physical Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21357-3_8
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