Wulff construction: equilibrium crystal habit gamma_i/r_i = const; Riesz-representation dual

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Wulff-construction framework for equilibrium crystal habit (Wulff 1901 Z Krist 34, 449; Herring 1953 Structure and Properties of Solid Surfaces). Setup: at thermodynamic equilibrium, the shape of a crystal at fixed volume minimises the…

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Riesz representation
Theorem: gamma_1/r_1 - gamma_2/r_2 = 0 at r_i = gamma_i (Wulff equilibrium ratio)

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