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I am trying to learn quantum chemistry. I have an extensive background in math and physics, so I'm looking for a book that makes full use of whatever physics and mathematics is relevant to this subject, although I'm not sure if such a text even exists.

I am familiar with all the math and physics one might need, including functional analysis, quantum mechanics, relativity, differential geometry, etc. I am a math PhD student. I also have a degree in physics.

Perhaps I should also explain that quantum chemistry is a highly mathematical subject, that involves topics in math such as differential equations and perturbation theory. I ask this question here because I am interested in a book that makes full use of whatever mathematical tools the study of quantum chemistry might benefit from.

goling onner
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is manifestly not a mathematics question. –  Feb 06 '18 at 03:24
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    wouldn't this be a better question for chemistry stack exchange? – operatorerror Feb 06 '18 at 03:24
  • Also, your question is missing a ton of information, like what your level is... –  Feb 06 '18 at 03:25
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    There are many requests on this site for textbook recommendations on non-mathematical subjects, like economics. As for my level, like I said you can assume I'm familiar with all the relevant math and physics. I'm familiar with QM, SR, GR, functional analysis, rigged Hilbert spaces, algebraic topology etc. etc. etc. I am a PhD student in math and have a degree in physics. I'm posting this on the math stackexchange for the same reason many people ask for textbook recommendations here, because they want a book that makes full use of math. Books aimed at non-mathematicians generally fail to do so. – goling onner Feb 06 '18 at 03:33
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    For example, there are many posts on this site asking for recommendations for books on quantum mechanics, general relativity, etc. Why are those posts not closed? @user296602 – goling onner Feb 06 '18 at 03:38
  • @golingonner I personally think that academia.stackexchange.com might be a more suitable website to search. – For the love of maths Feb 06 '18 at 03:42
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    @MohammadZuhairKhan No, this question would be very far from the scope of academia SE. –  Feb 06 '18 at 03:44
  • @user296602 I personally don't know about that but it may be better received there than here in math SE. – For the love of maths Feb 06 '18 at 03:45
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    @user296602 can you explain why my post is manifestly not a mathematics question but these other ones are? – goling onner Feb 06 '18 at 03:51
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    Szabo and Ostlund is a classic that everyone interested in Quantum Chemistry should be aware of. By the way, similar questions such as Quantum mechanical books for mathematicians have been received well on this forum. Another example of a question in this spirit is (Organic) Chemistry for Mathematicians. – littleO Feb 06 '18 at 03:55
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    @golingonner If you disagree and think this is on-topic, so be it; I'm only a single user who thinks it's off-topic. I would, however, very much appreciate it if you would stop pinging me about this, and not edit your post with a bunch of fluff about how it isn't off-topic. –  Feb 06 '18 at 03:55
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    @user296602 that "fluff" seems to be needed to demonstrate that my question is consistent with the sort of questions that are routinely asked on this site. I really don't understand the issue with my question, frankly. Perhaps I should have explained that QC is a highly mathematical subject, much like QM. – goling onner Feb 06 '18 at 04:00
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    We have a small list: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/37303/4945 @qbert It would be closed with that target. – Martin - マーチン Feb 06 '18 at 04:42
  • @golingonner As I explained for another user here you should read Computational Quantum Chemistry: A primer by E Cances, Defranceschi, Kutzelnigg, Le Bris and Maday. Also you should look at other articles of the same issue. – Zythos Aug 25 '18 at 16:38

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