Figure 1: Orbital Patterns for Different Structural Symmetries (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Figure 1: Orbital Patterns for Different Structural Symmetries

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The proposed model accounts for orbital patterns obeying certain rules for many types of symmetries. Although a sphere has the highest geometrical symmetry, there is no real polyatomic species with a spherical symmetry.

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