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This book discusses mainly elasticity and defects of quasicrystals in solid; however, quasicrystals have inherent connection with crystals. This chapter provides the basic knowledge on crystals which may be beneficial to study quasicrystals and relevant topics.

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Fan, TY. (2016). Crystals. In: Mathematical Theory of Elasticity of Quasicrystals and Its Applications. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 246. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1984-5_1

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