Organised by the Bulgarian Crystallographic Association, the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography “Acad. Ivan Kostov" and the IUCr Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography

International school on fundamental crystallography:

Introduction to International Tables for Crystallography,
Vol. A: Space-group symmetry and
Vol. A1Symmetry relations between space groups

Gulechitza, Bulgaria, 30 September - 5 October 2013

Chair of the Organizing Committee and contact person: Dr. Rosica Nikolova (Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) rosica.pn@clmc.bas.bg

Presentations and didactic material

• M. Nespolo: Introduction, symmetry in two and three dimnesions
• M. Nespolo: Stereographic projection
• M. Nespolo: Symmetry operations with a screw or glide components
• M. Aroyo: Matrix algebra
• M. Aroyo: Point groups
• M. Aroyo: Symmetry operations
• M. Aroyo: Space groups
• M. Aroyo: Structure tools
• M. Abrashev: X-ray diffraction
• E.S. Tasci: Tools for Phase Transitions
• B. Shivachev: Refinement strategies

Organised by the Bulgarian Crystallographic Association, the IUCr Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography and sponsored by the "International Union of Crystallography" and the European Crystallographic Association