60.8 AddTranslationsCrystGroup

AddTranslationsCrystGroup( G, basis )

Since TranslationsCrystGroup (see TranslationsCrystGroup) needs a presentation of the point group, the computation of G.translations can be rather time consuming. If a basis of the translation lattice is known, AddTranslationsCrystGroup can be used to add this knowledge to a CrystGroup. If G.translations is already known, its value is kept without further notice. It is the responsibility of the user that the basis handed over to AddTranslationsCrystGroup is a correct basis of the translation lattice. In case of doubt, the function CheckTranslations (see CheckTranslations) can be used to check whether the basis added was indeed correct.

Warning: The component G.translations must never be set by hand. The functions TranslationsCrystGroup and AddTranslationsCrystGroups have important (and wanted) side effects.

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GAP 3.4.4
April 1997