a. What is the point group for NH3?b. Copy the Character Table for the identified point group here (this must be correct;otherwise, the rest of the work will be wrong)c. For the central N atom, the symmetries for 2s and 2p can be read directly from theCharacter Table:(1) What is the symmetry (Mulliken symbol) for 2s?(2) What are the symmetries (Mulliken symbols) for 2px, 2py and 2pz?d. For 3 H atoms, we can treat three 1s orbitals as a group.(1) What are the reducible representations?(2) Reduce the reducible representations to irreducible representations

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What is the point group for NH3?

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Chapter13: Introduction To Symmetry In Quantum Mechanics

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Problem 13.49E

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