The vibrational modes of simplicial molecules
Classical Physics
2023-05-05 v1 Combinatorics
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Representation Theory
Abstract
Consider a "simplicial molecule": equal point masses placed at the vertices of a regular -simplex, connected by identical springs. We apply the representation theory of the symmetric group to compute its vibrational modes.
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@article{arxiv.2205.14862,
title = {The vibrational modes of simplicial molecules},
author = {Charles H. Conley and Jon Erickson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.14862},
year = {2023}
}
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11 pages