Graph theoretical perception of molecular symmetry
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It is shown that the molecular symmetry groups can be obtained as the automorphism groups of edge-weighted Euclidean graphs. Graph theory provides an elegant and natural representation of molecular symmetry. The resulting group expressed in terms of permutations is isomorphic to the permutation-inversion group of Longuet-Higgins or the permutational subgroup in case inversion operations do not generate new permutations.
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