MathPhys Odyssey 2001
Contributors: Masaki Kashiwara (Editor); Tetsuji Miwa (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: May 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780817642600
Subjects: Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Theoretical methods; Science; Mathematical Analysis; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; General; Applications of Mathematics; Groups and Generalizations; Mathematics / Group Theory; Integral Equations; Mathematical Physics
First sentence: It was announced in 1984 that the diffraction experiment [ 1] on some rapidly cooled alloy shows a live-fold symmetry, which is a symmetry incompatible with lattice periodicity, and therefore thought to be impossible for crystals.