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A Pythagorean Approach to Problems of Periodicity in Chemical and Nuclear Physics

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Advanced Topics in Theoretical Chemical Physics

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A Pythagorean approach to numerical sequences in both chemical and nuclear physics has allowed us to show geometrical analogies based on figurate numbers (three-dimensional forms of Mendeleev’s periodic table and packing models for nuclei). Pascal’s triangle is used to deduce analytical equations, from which magic numbers through 12,360 for atoms and through 21,400 for nuclei are calculated.

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  1. International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry (ISIS), Belovejskaya, Complex 39 - Building 2 - Suite 133, 121353, Moscow, Russia

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

    Jean Maruani (Director of Research at CNRS, President of CMOA) (Director of Research at CNRS, President of CMOA)

  2. Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

    Roland Lefebvre

  3. Department of Quantum Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden

    Erkki J. Brändas

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Weise, D. (2003). A Pythagorean Approach to Problems of Periodicity in Chemical and Nuclear Physics. In: Maruani, J., Lefebvre, R., Brändas, E.J. (eds) Advanced Topics in Theoretical Chemical Physics. Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0635-3_19

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