Naslov
Topological Complexity of Molecules

Autori
Janežič, Dušanka ; Miličević, Ante ; Nikolić, Sonja ; Trinajstić, Nenad

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Vol. 10

Urednik/ci
Meyers, Robert

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
New York (NY)

Godina
2009

Raspon stranica
9210-9224

ISBN
978-0-387-75888-6

Ključne riječi
Complexity (descriptor) index ; Molecular graph ; Topological complexity

Sažetak
The concept of complexity has intrigued people from the beginning of history, but only in our times have attempts to quantify it begun to appear with a new science emerging – the science of complexity.Manifestation of complexity can be found everywhere in nature and life and different levels of complexity are encountered in arts, humanities and sciences. Like many concepts in chemistry, the concept of complexity appears to be a fuzzy, but useful concept. The fuzziness of this concept has not prevented chemists from attempting to quantify it. Here we are concerned with topological complexity of molecules. It should be stated at the outset that there are different levels of complexity regarding the structure of molecules, i. e., elemental or compositional or one-dimensional complexity (which is determined by the partition of a graph’s vertices into classes of different type), topological or two-dimensional complexity and dynamical or three-dimensional complexity (a complexity feature of fluctuating molecules). The topological complexity index will be abbreviated as TCI, and this symbol will be used throughout the article.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija

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