Abstract:

A crystal in the infinite 3D space never can be perfect, to the very least, due to its limited size. On the right contrary, the spherical surface is a most popular manifold of limited extension nested in 3D space, which can be easily filled to suffocation. Consequently, the spherical crystallography differs in some very interesting ways from its counterpart for the flat spaces, and it can model a variety of natural structures as found in viruses, flowers, colloidal clusters, suspended condensates, fullerenes, etc. In this talk, I just want to present a collection of some raw data and my premature reflections upon the matter, an in-depth investigation of this topic calls for your mindful advices.
 
 
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