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The two volumes of ""Maths for Chemists"" provide a resource for all undergraduate chemistry students, but are particularly focused on the needs of students who may not have studied mathematics beyond GCSE level (or equivalent). The texts are introductory in nature and adopt a sympathetic approach for students who need support and understanding in working with the diverse mathematical tools required in a typical chemistry degree course. Volume II builds on the foundations laid in Volume I, and goes on to develop more advanced material. The topics covered include: power series, which are used to formulate alternative representations of functions and are important in model building in chemistry; complex numbers and complex functions, which appear in quantum chemistry, spectroscopy and crystallography; matrices and determinants used in the solution of sets of simultaneous linear equations and in the representation of geometrical transformations used to describe molecular symmetry characteristics; and vectors which allow the description of directional properties of molecules.

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A useful addition to the resources available for teaching mathematics to chemists. -- Education in Chemistry, January 2005 Issue (Paul Yates) Education in Chemistry

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Professor Abel is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.

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