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Crystallography, Mathematical --- Quasicrystals --- Aperiodicity --- Sequences (Mathematics) --- Tiling (Mathematics) --- Congresses. --- Crystallography, Mathematical - Congresses. --- Quasicrystals - Congresses. --- Aperiodicity - Congresses. --- Sequences (Mathematics) - Congresses. --- Tiling (Mathematics) - Congresses.

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Aperiodic Crystals collects 37 selected papers from the scientific contributions presented at Aperiodic 2012 - the Seventh International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals held in Cairns, Australia, 2-7 of September 2012. The volume discusses state-of-the-art discoveries, new trends and applications of aperiodic crystals - including incommensurately modulated crystals, composite crystals, and quasicrystals - from a wide range of different perspectives. Starting with a general historical introduction to aperiodic crystals, the book proceeds to examine the complex mathematics of aperiodic long-range order, as well as the theoretical approaches aimed at understanding some of the unique properties and mechanisms underlying the existence of aperiodic crystals. The book then explores in detail such topics as complex metallic alloys, modulated structures, quasicrystals and their approximants, dynamics, disorder and defects in quasicrystals. It concludes with an analysis of quasicrystal surfaces and their properties. By describing the latest research and the progress made on the structure determination of aperiodic crystals and the influence of this unique structure on their physical properties, this book represents a valuable resource to mathematicians, crystallographers, physicists, chemists, materials and surface scientists, and even architects and artists, interested in the fascinating nature of aperiodic crystals.

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What is order that is not based on simple repetition, that is, periodicity? How must atoms be arranged in a material so that it diffracts like a quasicrystal? How can we describe aperiodically ordered systems mathematically? Originally triggered by the – later Nobel prize-winning – discovery of quasicrystals, the investigation of aperiodic order has since become a well-established and rapidly evolving field of mathematical research with close ties to a surprising variety of branches of mathematics and physics. This book offers an overview of the state of the art in the field of aperiodic order, presented in carefully selected authoritative surveys. It is intended for non-experts with a general background in mathematics, theoretical physics or computer science, and offers a highly accessible source of first-hand information for all those interested in this rich and exciting field. Topics covered include the mathematical theory of diffraction, the dynamical systems of tilings or Delone sets, their cohomology and non-commutative geometry, the Pisot substitution conjecture, aperiodic Schrödinger operators, and connections to arithmetic number theory.

Mathematics. --- Convex and Discrete Geometry. --- Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory. --- Operator Theory. --- Number Theory. --- Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds. --- Differentiable dynamical systems. --- Global analysis. --- Operator theory. --- Discrete groups. --- Number theory. --- Mathématiques --- Dynamique différentiable --- Théorie des opérateurs --- Groupes discrets --- Théorie des nombres --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Geometry --- Aperiodic tilings. --- Aperiodicity. --- Aperiodic point sets --- Sets, Aperiodic point --- Dynamics. --- Ergodic theory. --- Global analysis (Mathematics). --- Manifolds (Mathematics). --- Convex geometry. --- Discrete geometry. --- Chaotic behavior in systems --- Discrete geometry --- Point set theory --- Tiling (Mathematics) --- Number study --- Numbers, Theory of --- Algebra --- Functional analysis --- Differential dynamical systems --- Dynamical systems, Differentiable --- Dynamics, Differentiable --- Differential equations --- Global analysis (Mathematics) --- Topological dynamics --- Groups, Discrete --- Infinite groups --- Discrete mathematics --- Convex geometry . --- Geometry, Differential --- Topology --- Analysis, Global (Mathematics) --- Differential topology --- Functions of complex variables --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Ergodic transformations --- Continuous groups --- Mathematical physics --- Measure theory --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Statics --- Combinatorial geometry