To provide teachers with a new tool for the teaching of crystallographic and magnetic point groups; to provide students with a new way to learn about point groups.
This pamphlet can be used at the undergraduate level by students with some prior exposure to symmetry. This pamphlet would be useful for students in the fields of physics, chemistry, geology, and materials science and engineering.
Prior exposure to crystallography and symmetry is desirable.
A list of references is given at the end of the pamphlet. Web-based resources can be found on the site http://mpg.web.cmu.edu; these resources can be used by teachers and students alike.
This material can be taught in a two-hour lecture.