Symmetry And Structural Properties Of Condensed Matter - Proceedings Of The 5th International School On Theoretical Physics

Download or read book Symmetry And Structural Properties Of Condensed Matter - Proceedings Of The 5th International School On Theoretical Physics written by Tadeusz Lulek and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-10-15 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the series of proceedings of summer schools on theoretical physics which aim at an adequate description of the structure of condensed matter in terms of sophisticated, advanced mathematical tools. This time, the main emphasis is put on the question of whether (and when) the energy bands in solids are continuous. Profs. L Michel, J Zak and others consider the origin, existence and continuity of band structure. Also, some previously discussed problems (magnetic symmetry, flux quantization, statistics, quasicrystals, the Bethe ansatz) are pursued further, and appropriate mathematical tools, rooted in “actions of groups on sets”, are developed.