Tensors which characterize anisotropies (Q2366899)

Based on available properties of Kronecker products of orthogonal transformations, a simple method of determining the structural tensors with respect to a given symmetry group is developed. As its application, the structural tensors corresponding to the five transverse isotropy groups, all of their finite subgroups, and the symmetry group of the 32 crystal classes, which present the most usual and worthwhile anisotropic symmetry groups, are constructed. In particular, we also show that each of these anisotropic symmetry groups can be characterized by only one simple structural tensor.