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Transformations of symmetry operations (motions)
H. Arnold. International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. A, ch. 5.2, pp. 86-89  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000511 ]

Abstract

In this chapter, matrix notation is used to describe transformations of symmetry operations. Some important invariants, especially the metric tensor, are discussed and, as an example, the structures of low and high cristobalite are compared.


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