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Structures beyond superspace
Author(s) -
Senechal Marjorie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.604
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2052-5206
DOI - 10.1107/s2052520615009907
Subject(s) - aperiodic graph , superspace , contradiction , theoretical physics , range (aeronautics) , order (exchange) , physics , epistemology , philosophy , pure mathematics , mathematics , mathematical physics , combinatorics , materials science , supersymmetry , composite material , finance , economics
Once a contradiction in terms, aperiodic crystals show instead that `long‐range order' has never been defined. Whatever it means, decades of intense research have shown it to be more complex and surprising than anyone suspected.