Structure and bonding in condensed matter / Carol S. Nichols.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Group theory: background and basics -- 3. Matrix representations and characters of finite groups -- 4. Review of the mathematics of quantum mechanics -- 5. The Schrodinger equation -- 6. The hydrogen atom -- 7. Diatomic molecules -- 8. Translational invariance and reciprocal space -- 9. Characterization of electrons in a solid -- 10. Generalization to two and three dimensions -- 11. Crystal structures -- 12. More on bands -- 13. Some case studies in two and three dimensions -- 14. Free-electron and nearly-free-electron systems -- 15. Transition metals -- 16. More sophisticated electronic structure calculations -- Appendix 1: Atomic units -- Appendix 2: Stereographic projections of some point groups -- Appendix 3: Character tables -- Appendix 4: Hermitian operators -- Appendix 5: The Dirac delta function -- Appendix 6: Moments of distribution functions -- Appendix 7: The Sommerfeld expansion.