Symmetry and Condensed Matter Physics

Unlike existing texts this book blends for the first time three topics in physics - symmetry condensed matter physics and computational methods - into one pedagogical textbook. It includes new concepts in mathematical crystallography experimental methods capitalizing on symmetry aspects non-conventional applications such as Fourier crystallography color groups quasicrystals and incommensurate systems as well as concepts and techniques behind the Landau theory of phase transitions. Ideal for graduate students in condensed matter physics materials science and chemistry.