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. 2022 Jun 23;55(Pt 4):782-786.
doi: 10.1107/S1600576722004423. eCollection 2022 Aug 1.

Generating random unit cells

Lawrence C Andrews  1 , Herbert J Bernstein  2
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Generating random unit cells

Lawrence C Andrews et al. J Appl Crystallogr. .

Abstract

Methods of generating random unit-cell data for testing software are discussed. Working within the space S 6 appears to be the most expeditious.

Keywords: lattice ‘unit cells’.

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