Ladder

Quasicrystals — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 181 reflections10-fold symmetryforbidden to any latticeinteger combinations of ten star vectorsaperiodic

    What Shechtman measured

    A diffraction pattern with sharp spots and tenfold symmetry, in April 1982. Sharpness meant order and tenfold meant no lattice, and the two had been believed inseparable — so the interesting question is what the observation had to rule out before it could mean anything.

    rung 1 · aperiodic

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