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It is shown that the application of a projection operator from a given group to a function is equivalent to the successive application of projection operators from factor groups of the starting group to that function. When used with the factor groups representing the site symmetry of a position and the simplest group of interchanges of positions, this concept provides a very simple method for obtaining symmetry adapted linear combinations of basis functions.
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Flurry, R.L. The use of site symmetry in constructing symmetry adapted functions. Theoret. Chim. Acta 31, 221–230 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00526512
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00526512