In this book, Symmetry Theory means group theory, as applied to groups of symmetry transformations. The deepest roots of mathematical group theory deal with algebra problems and permutation problems, but students of chemistry and physics usually encounter it first in the context of geometrical symmetry problems in crystals and molecules.
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McClain, W.M. (2009). Introduction. In: Symmetry Theory in Molecular Physics with Mathematica. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/b13137_1
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