内容简介
TreatsphasetransitiontheoryandtheanalysisofphasetransitionsintermsofbothLandautheoryandfluctuationtheory,withparticularattentiongiventocrystalsandquasicrystals.Alsoincludedisanoverviewofcolorsymmetryapplicationsinphasetransitiontheory.Aseparatechapterisdevotedtomartensitetransitionsandthisincludesananalysisofsolitonsolutionsofnonlinearequationsofelasticity.RevisedandexpandedtranslationfromtheRussianeditionof1984.