Question

Explain the canonical forms.

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Answer 1

In case of certain molecules, a single Lewis structure cannot explain all the properties of the molecule. The actual structure is in between of all these constituting structure and is called resonance hybrid and different individual are called or Canonical forms

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Answer 2

for a class of objects on which an equivalence relation is defined, a canonical formconsists in the choice of a specific object in each class. For example: ... The row echelon form is acanonical form, when one considers as equivalent a matrix and its left product by an invertible matrix!!!!