Meanings
plural quasilattices
- mathematicsA non-periodic structure that exhibits long-range order without translational symmetry.
Here we prove that reflection quasilattices only exist in dimensions two, three and four, and we prove that there is a unique reflection quasilattice in dimension four: the "maximal reflection quasilattice" in terms of dimensionality and symmetry.
2016, Latham Boyle, Paul J. Steinhardt, “Reflection Quasilattices and the Maximal Quasilattice”, in arXiv
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