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A precise, but formal and not easily understandable definition of molecular topology will be given in Sect. 3 of this chapter. For most of the applications, however, the present simple description will fully suffice. Suppose a molecule M is composed of n atoms A1, A2, ... , A n . Suppose also that for any two atoms A i and A j we can decide which of the following two statements is correct:
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In the molecule M there is a chemical bond between the atoms A i and A j .
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In the molecule M the atoms A i and A j are not chemically bonded.
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Gutman, I., Polansky, O.E. (1986). Molecular Topology. In: Mathematical Concepts in Organic Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70982-1_3
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