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<Font color="blue">Quasi-periodicit&eacute; </font>(Fr.)
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<font color="blue">Quasi-periodicit&eacute;</font> (''Fr''). <font color="red">Quasiperiodizität</font> (''Ge''). <font color="black">Quasi-periodicit&agrave;</font> (''It''). <font color="purple">準周期性</font> (''Ja''). <font color="green">Cuasiperiodicidad</font> (''Sp'').
  
 
== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
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Sometimes the definition includes that the function is not lattice periodic.
 
Sometimes the definition includes that the function is not lattice periodic.
  
A quasiperiodic function may be expressed in a convergent trigonometric series.
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A quasiperiodic function may be expressed in a convergent trigonometric series:
  
<math>f( r)~=~\sum_k A(k) \cos \left( 2\pi  k. r+\phi ( k) \right). </math>
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<math>f(r)~=~\sum_k A(k) \cos [ 2\pi  k. r+\varphi (k) ]. </math>
  
 
It is a special case of an almost periodic function. An  ''almost periodic function''
 
It is a special case of an almost periodic function. An  ''almost periodic function''
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'''a''' is smaller than the chosen quantity:
 
'''a''' is smaller than the chosen quantity:
  
<math>| f(r+ a)-f( r) |~<~ \epsilon~~{\rm for ~all~ r} .</math>  
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<math>| f(r+ a)-f( r) |~<~ \varepsilon~~{\rm for ~all~ r} .</math>  
  
 
A quasiperiodic function is always an almost periodic function, but the converse is not true.  
 
A quasiperiodic function is always an almost periodic function, but the converse is not true.  
  
 
The theory of almost-periodic functions goes back to the work by H. Bohr.
 
The theory of almost-periodic functions goes back to the work by H. Bohr.
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[[Category: Fundamental crystallography]]

Latest revision as of 10:16, 17 November 2017

Quasi-periodicité (Fr). Quasiperiodizität (Ge). Quasi-periodicità (It). 準周期性 (Ja). Cuasiperiodicidad (Sp).

Definition

A function is called quasiperiodic if its Fourier transform consists of δ-peaks on positions

[math] k~=~\sum_{i=1}^n h_i a_i^*,~~({\rm integers ~}h_i) [/math]

for basis vectors ai* in a space of dimension m. If the basis vectors form a basis for the space (n equal to the space dimension, and linearly independent basis vectors over the real numbers) then the function is lattice periodic. If n is larger than the space dimension, then the function is aperiodic.

Comment

Sometimes the definition includes that the function is not lattice periodic.

A quasiperiodic function may be expressed in a convergent trigonometric series:

[math]f(r)~=~\sum_k A(k) \cos [ 2\pi k. r+\varphi (k) ]. [/math]

It is a special case of an almost periodic function. An almost periodic function is a function f(r) such that for every small number ε there is a translation a such that the difference between the function and the function shifted over a is smaller than the chosen quantity:

[math]| f(r+ a)-f( r) |~\lt ~ \varepsilon~~{\rm for ~all~ r} .[/math]

A quasiperiodic function is always an almost periodic function, but the converse is not true.

The theory of almost-periodic functions goes back to the work by H. Bohr.