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.
| ISBN: | 9780521869911 |
| Publication date: | 22nd August 2013 |
| Author: | Michael Universität Bielefeld, Germany Baake, Uwe The Open University, Milton Keynes Grimm |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 552 pages |
| Series: | Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications |
| Genres: |
Crystallography Applied mathematics |
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.
Aperiodic Order: Volume 1, A Mathematical Invitation features in the following genres: Crystallography, Applied mathematics
Aperiodic Order: Volume 1, A Mathematical Invitation is available in Hardback
Aperiodic Order: Volume 1, A Mathematical Invitation was written by Michael Universität Bielefeld, Germany Baake, Uwe The Open University, Milton Keynes Grimm and published by Cambridge University Press
Aperiodic Order: Volume 1, A Mathematical Invitation has 552 pages
Yes it is part of Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications series
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