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We show how far the local defect index determines the behaviour of an ordered medium in the vicinity of a defect.
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Received: 8 June 1998 / Accepted: 21 October 1998
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Bechtluft-Sachs, S., Hien, M. The Global Defect Index. Comm Math Phys 202, 403–409 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050587
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