Topology in Condensed Matter (Hardcover)

Topology in the Electron Theory of Metals.- Topology, Quasiperiodic Functions, and the Transport Phenomena.- The Role of Topology in Growth and Agglomeration.- Topological Defects in Carbon Nanocrystals.- Physics from Topology and Structures.- Phason Dynamics in Aperiodic Crystals.- Hamiltonian Monodromy as Lattice Defect.- Two-Qubit and Three-Qubit Geometry and Hopf Fibrations.- Defects, Surface Anchoring, and Three-Dimensional Director Fields in the Lamellar Structure of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals as Studied by Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy.