Wulff-shape and density deviation

DOI10.1023/A:1005260824947MaRDI QIDQ1971729zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Uwe Schnell

Publication date 3 January 2001

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005260824947

zbMATH Keywords

crystalslattice packingsquasicrystalssphere packings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of packing and covering (05B40) Packing and covering in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C17) Quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings in discrete geometry (52C23) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

Review text

The shape of ideal crystals and quasicrystals, called the Wulff-Shape, is usually explained via minimum energy principles. Another approach which leads to surprisingly good models of crystals and quasicrystals is via dense sphere packings and an appropriate density measure (parametrie density and density deviation). In this paper the author investigates the basic mathematical properties of these tools. For some other concepts of dense sphere packings he shows that they are less appropriate models for crystallography, which underlines the quality of parametric density and density deviation.

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