Principles of a classification of defects in ordered media

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Abstract
A classification of defects in ordered media is presented. Based on purely topological concepts, it provides a distinction between elementary (topologically stable) and compound defects. This systematic classification recovers some previous empirically derived results and allows new predictions. It exhibits a striking connection between the nature of defects in an ordered phase and the critical phenomena at the phase transition

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