scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1296377

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Authors A. Katz

Publication date 13 July 1999

Full work available at URL http://www.numdam.org/item?id=SB_1997-1998__40__81_0, https://eudml.org/doc/110255

zbMATH Keywords

aperiodic order tilings quasicrystals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings in discrete geometry (52C23) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

Review text

This is an informal introduction to some of the questions and results that emerged from the discovery of quasicrystals in the early eighties. The author focuses on aspects where he has substantially contributed himself, such as diffraction, projection method, tiling theory and local structures. Also, topological properties are discussed, and how they are relevant for the distinction of different types of order. For further information, the interested reader should consult the references [`Lectures on quasicrystals.' ed. by \textit{F. Hippert} and \textit{D. Gratias} (1994)] and [`Beyond quasicrystals' ed. by \textit{F. Axel} and \textit{D. Gratias} (1994; Zbl 0880.00009)] of this survey, or (for more mathematical developments) the book ``The mathematics of long-range aperiodic order (1997; Zbl 0861.00015) ed. by \textit{R. V. Moody}. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0911.00019].

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