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Record Nr.

UNINA9910760284803321

Autore

Naito Hisashi

Titolo

Trivalent Discrete Surfaces and Carbon Structures [[electronic resource] /] / by Hisashi Naito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-9957-69-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in the Mathematics of Materials, , 2365-6344 ; ; 5

Disciplina

548.7

Soggetti

Geometry, Differential

Discrete mathematics

Differential Geometry

Applications of Discrete Mathematics

Discrete Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Overview of this monograph -- Graph theory -- Topological crystals -- Negatively curved carbon structures -- Trivalent discrete surfaces -- Subdivisions of trivalent discrete surfaces -- Miscellaneous topics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses discrete geometric analysis, especially topological crystallography and discrete surface theory for trivalent discrete surfaces. Topological crystallography, based on graph theory, provides the most symmetric structure among given combinatorial structures by using the variational principle, and it can reproduce crystal structures existing in nature. In this regard, the topological crystallography founded by Kotani and Sunada is explained by using many examples. Carbon structures such as fullerenes are considered as trivalent discrete surfaces from the viewpoint of discrete geometric analysis. Discrete surface theories usually have been considered discretization of smooth surfaces. Here, consideration is given to discrete surfaces modeled by crystal/molecular structures, which are essentially discrete objects. .