in many parts along with their tangible applications to individual topics. Hence,
readers are recommended to carefully examine and compare the related contents
throughout the book. We believe that readers, especially chemists, benefit from the
writing style of this book, since it is suited to chemists who are good at intuitive
understanding.
The author would like to thank many students for their valuable suggestions and
discussions at the lectures. The author also wishes to thank many students for
valuable discussions and Dr. Shin’ichi Koizumi at Springer for giving him an
opportunity to write this book.
Kyoto, Japan
Shu Hotta
October 2017
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readers are recommended to carefully examine and compare the related contents
throughout the book. We believe that readers, especially chemists, benefit from the
writing style of this book, since it is suited to chemists who are good at intuitive
understanding.
The author would like to thank many students for their valuable suggestions and
discussions at the lectures. The author also wishes to thank many students for
valuable discussions and Dr. Shin’ichi Koizumi at Springer for giving him an
opportunity to write this book.
Kyoto, Japan
Shu Hotta
October 2017
xii
Preface to the First Edition