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This chapter focusses attention on the theory of point- and space-group representations. Representations may be considered the basic mathematical formalism of the theory of symmetry used in the physics of the solid state.
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Ivchenko, E.L., Pikus, G. (1995). Crystal Symmetry. In: Superlattices and Other Heterostructures. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 110. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97589-9_2
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