Didactic material for the MaThCryst schools

Since its beginning, the IUCr MaThCryst commission has organized a series of schools on Crystallography. In this page we collect some didactic material that is used frequently in our schools. Other material specific to some schools is available in the corresponding school page (see our meeting page to find a complete list of our schools).

• Group theory applied to crystallography (B. Souvignier)
• Group theory applied to crystallography: Exercises and solutions (B. Souvignier)
• Fundamentals of crystallographic symmetry (M. Nespolo) (updated 31/05/2023)
• Miller indices, Laue indices, forms, zones, introduction to the stereographic projection (M. Nespolo) (updated 28/08/2024)
• Introduction to space group symmetry (M. Nespolo) (updated 20/06/2019)
• Introduction to crystallographic calculations (M. Nespolo) (updated 31/05/2023)
• An historical introduction to the reciprocal lattice (M. Nespolo) (updated 16/06/2019)
• Geometric interpretation of reflection conditions (M. Nespolo) (updated 15/06/2023)
• Introduction to crystallographic orbits (M. Nespolo) (updated 15/06/2023)
• Hierarchy of classification of space groups (M. Nespolo) (updated 16/06/2019)