International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume B
Reciprocal space
Edited by U. Shmueli

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. B. ch. 1.5, p. 162   | 1 | 2 |

Section 1.5.1. List of symbols

M. I. Aroyoa* and H. Wondratschekb

a Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, bulv. J. Boucher 5, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria , and bInstitut für Kristallographie, Universität, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
Correspondence e-mail:  aroyo@phys.uni-sofia.bg

1.5.1. List of symbols

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[{\cal G}]; [{\cal S}] Group, especially space group; site-symmetry group
[{\sf G}] Element of group [{\cal G}]
[{\cal G}_{0}] Symmorphic space group
[{\cal P}] or [\bar{{\cal G}}] Point group of space group [{\cal G}]
[{\cal T}] Translation subgroup of space group [{\cal G}]
[{\bi R}], [{\bi S}]; [{\bi W}] Matrix; matrix part of a symmetry operation
[{\bi w}] Column part of a symmetry operation
X Point of point space
[x, y, z]; [x_{i}] Coordinates of a point or coefficients of a vector
[{\bi x}] Column of point coordinates or of vector coefficients
[{\bf L}] Vector lattice of the space group [{\cal G}]
[{\bf a},{\bf b},{\bf c}] or [({\bf a}_{k})^{T}] Basis vectors or row of basis vectors of the lattice [{\bf L}] of [{\cal G}]
[{\bf t}] Vector of the lattice [{\bf L}] of [{\cal G}]
[{\bf L}^{*}] Reciprocal lattice of the space group [{\cal G}]
[{\bf a}^{*}, {\bf b}^{*}, {\bf c}^{*}] or [({\bf a}_{k}^{*})] Basis vectors or column of basis vectors of the reciprocal lattice [{\bf L}^{*}]
[{\bf K}] Vector of the reciprocal lattice [{\bf L}^{*}]
[{\bf k}] Vector of reciprocal space
[{\cal G}^{*}] Reciprocal-space group
[\bar{{\cal G}} ^{\bf k}] Little co-group of [{\bf k}]
[{\cal L} ^{\bf k}] Little group of [{\bf k}]
[\Gamma ({\cal G})] (Matrix) representation of [{\cal G}]








































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