内容简介

Treats phase transition theory and the analysis of phase transitions in terms of both Landau theory and fluctuation theory,with particular attention given to crystals and quasicrystals．Also included is an overview of color symmetry applications in phase transition theory． A separate chapter is devoted to martensite transitions and this includes an analysis of soliton solutions of nonlinear equations of elasticity．Revised and expanded translation from the Russian edition of 1984．