Designs,Graphs,CodesandtheirLinks

Thisbookdealswiththeeffectofcrystalsymmetryindeterminingthetensorpropertiesofcrystals.Althoughthisisawell-establishedsubject,theauthorprovidesanewapproachusinggrouptheoryand,inparticular,themethodofsymmetrycoordinates,whichhasnotbeenusedinanypreviousbook.Usingthisapproach,alltensorsofagivenrankandtypecanbehandledtogether,evenwhentheyinvolveverydifferentphysicalphenomena.Applicationstotechnologicallyimportantphenomenaasdiverseastheelectro-optic,piezoelectric,photoelastic,piezomagnetic,andpiezoresistanceeffects,aswellasmagnetothermoelectricpowerandthird-orderelasticconstants,arepresented.Attentionisalsogivento'specialmagneticproperties',thatisthosethatrequiretheconceptsoftimereversalandmagneticsymmetry,animportantsubjectnotalwayscoveredinotherbooksinthisarea.Thisbookwillbeofinteresttoresearchersinsolid-statephysicsandmaterialsscience,andwillalsobesuitableasatextforgraduatestudentsinphysicsandengineeringtakingcoursesinsolid-statephysics.