Chirality and Symmetry Measures: A Transdisciplinary Review
Abstract
Many quantitative measures of the degree of chirality or symmetry of a set have been proposed in the literature. The main approaches from various areas are reviewed: chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer sciences, biology, and psychophysics. Relations between chirality, symmetry, and other concepts such as similarity, disorder and entropy, are discussed.
- Publication:
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Entropy
- Pub Date:
- September 2003
- DOI:
- 10.3390/e5030271
- Bibcode:
- 2003Entrp...5..271P
- Keywords:
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- chirality;
- symmetry;
- measure;
- continuous;
- quantitative;
- chiral index;
- direct symmetry index;
- asymmetry coefficient;
- skewness;
- chirality functions;
- quasi-symmetry;
- fuzzy symmetry