Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 57, Part 4 (July 2001)

research papers


HTML versionpdf versioncited in buy article online

Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 435-441    [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301004676 ]

Latent symmetry and its group theoretical determination

D. B. Litvin and V. K. Wadhawan

Abstract: Latent symmetry of a component of a composite object is defined as that symmetry of a subunit of the component which is not a symmetry of the component but which is a symmetry of the composite. This is illustrated by a geometrical example. A group theoretical procedure is given to determine latent symmetry and is applied to examples.

Keywords: latent symmetry; composite systems; bicrystals; theory of symmetry; partial symmetry.

 bibliographic record in  format
  Find reference:   Volume   Page   
  Search:     From   to      Advanced search

Copyright © International Union of Crystallography
IUCr Webmaster