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Aperiodic order. Volume 1, A mathematical invitation /

Quasicrystals are non-periodic solids that were discovered in 1982 by Dan Shechtman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2011. The underlying mathematics, known as the theory of aperiodic order, is the subject of this comprehensive multi-volume series. This first volume provides a graduate-level intro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Baake, Michael (Autor), Grimm, Uwe (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; 149.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Quasicrystals are non-periodic solids that were discovered in 1982 by Dan Shechtman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2011. The underlying mathematics, known as the theory of aperiodic order, is the subject of this comprehensive multi-volume series. This first volume provides a graduate-level introduction to the many facets of this relatively new area of mathematics. Special attention is given to methods from algebra, discrete geometry and harmonic analysis, while the main focus is on topics motivated by physics and crystallography. In particular, the authors provide a systematic exposition of the mathematical theory of kinematic diffraction. Numerous illustrations and worked-out examples help the reader to bridge the gap between theory and application. The authors also point to more advanced topics to show how the theory interacts with other areas of pure and applied mathematics.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 531 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-516) and index.
ISBN:9781139025256
1139025252
9781316184738
1316184730
9781316183779
1316183777