# Mathematics of Macromolecular Crystallography

I would really appreciate it if I could get book recommendations on the rigorous mathematical theory of x ray crystallography. Which areas of mathematics (pure and applied) would be most useful and applicable?

Another one..

Boisen, M. B. and Gibbs, G. V. Mathematical Crystallography: an introduction to the mathe- matical foundations of crystallography.

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Do you not want normal crystallography books? Here are two suggested by MIT to their grad students:

Werner Massa - Crystal Structure Determination
"Everything important is explained and the book starts from scratch."

Carmello Giacarvazzo, et al. - Fundamentals of Crystallography
"The somewhat more advanced student may like [this book]. Even though the word "fundamentals" appears in the title of the book, it is very helpful to have prior knowledge, when attempting to read [it]. This book covers all the basics and should be sufficient for most PhD students.

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Do you not want normal crystallography books? Here are two suggested by MIT to their grad students:

Werner Massa - Crystal Structure Determination
"Everything important is explained and the book starts from scratch."

Carmello Giacarvazzo, et al. - Fundamentals of Crystallography
"The somewhat more advanced student may like [this book]. Even though the word "fundamentals" appears in the title of the book, it is very helpful to have prior knowledge, when attempting to read [it]. This book covers all the basics and should be sufficient for most PhD students.

Thanks a lot for some great recommendations.