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(2011) From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context, Dordrecht, Springer.
New views of crystal symmetry guided by profound admiration of the extraordinary works of Grassmann and Clifford
Eckhard Hitzer
pp. 413-422
Already Hermann Grassmann's father Justus (1829, 1830) published two works on the geometrical description of crystals, influenced by the earlier works of C. S. Weiss (1780–1856) on three main crystal forces governing crystal formation. In his 1840 essay on the derivation of crystal shapes from the general law of crystal formation Hermann established the notion of a three-dimensional vectorial system of forces with rational coefficients, that represent the interior crystal structure, regulate its formation, its shape and physical behavior.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0405-5_36
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Hitzer, E. (2011)., New views of crystal symmetry guided by profound admiration of the extraordinary works of Grassmann and Clifford, in S. Russ & J. Liesen (eds.), From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 413-422.
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