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A group comprises mathematical elements that satisfy four simple definitions. A bunch of groups exists under these simple definitions. This makes the group theory a discriminating field of mathematics. To get familiar with various concepts of groups, we first show several tangible examples. Group elements can be numbers (both real and complex) and matrices.
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Cotton FA (1990) Chemical applications of group theory. Wiley, New York
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Hotta, S. (2018). Introductory Group Theory. In: Mathematical Physical Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7671-8_13
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