What Can Mathematical Chemistry Contribute to the Development of Mathematics?

摘要

It is pointed out that visualization, such as the structural formula of molecules, is the most important factor in 'chemical thinking'. How mathe-matical chemistry has contributed to the development of mathematics is de-scribed with particular reference to the topological index or Z-index, proposed by the present author, and fullerene chemistry developed by mathematical chemists in various countries. Mathematical chemistry will be able to contrib-ute to the development of mathematics by interplaying with mathematicians in the same way as it has been developing up to the present stage