Enumeration of closest-packings by the space group: A simple approach

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-245

  Iglesias, Juan E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enumeration of closest packing; M bius inversion; Sphere packing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645730501     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2006.221.4.237     Document Type: Article

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