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    In condensed matter physics, Bloch's theorem states that solutions to the Schrödinger equation in a periodic potential can be expressed as plane waves...
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  • function theorem. The number B is called the Bloch's constant. The lower bound 1/72 in Bloch's theorem is not the best possible. Bloch's theorem tells us...
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  • periodic function, with the same periodicity as the crystal lattice. Bloch's theorem proves that the solutions to this differential equation can be written...
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  • special case of electron waves in a periodic crystal lattice using Bloch's theorem as treated generally in the dynamical theory of diffraction. Every...
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  • Picard's theorem.) His proof of this theorem contained gaps (which he recognized), and later the theorem was known as "Bloch's conjecture". Bloch's conjecture...
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  • periodic potential. The solutions in this case are known as Bloch states. Since Bloch's theorem applies only to periodic potentials, and since unceasing...
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  • the potential is a periodic function with a period a. According to Bloch's theorem, the wavefunction solution of the Schrödinger equation when the potential...
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  • principle, Picard's theorem corresponds to Schottky's theorem, and Valiron's theorem corresponds to Bloch's theorem. Based on his Principle, Bloch was able to...
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    a simple kinetic-plus-potential form.: 134  These conditions imply Bloch's theorem, which states ψ n ( x ) = e i k ⋅ x u n k ( x ) , u n k ( x + a ) =...
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  • such as crystals in condensed matter physics, the result is known as Bloch's theorem. Note that the solutions of the linear differential equation form a...
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  • {k} \cdot \mathbf {R} }\psi (\mathbf {r} )} This result is known as Bloch's Theorem. In the passive transformation picture, translational invariance requires...
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  • model and the nearly-free electron model, where it is used alongside Bloch's theorem. In quantum mechanics, this approximation is often used to simplify...
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  • Arakelyan's theorem (complex analysis) Area theorem (conformal mapping) (complex analysis) Beurling–Lax theorem (Hardy spaces) Bloch's theorem (complex analysis)...
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    stems from the description of waves in a periodic medium given by Bloch's theorem, in which it is found that the solutions can be completely characterized...
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  • quantum-mechanical justification was given a year later (1928) by Bloch's theorem: an unbound electron moves in a periodic potential as a free electron...
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  • a solid need not be carried out with full rigor as in the original Bloch's theorem but, rather, first-principles calculations are carried out only at...
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  • In mathematics, the norm residue isomorphism theorem is a long-sought result relating Milnor K-theory and Galois cohomology. The result has a relatively...
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  • independent electron approximation is still in effect. As shown by Bloch's theorem, introducing a periodic potential into the Schrödinger equation results...
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    physics, Nanoscale and mesoscopic physics, Polymer physics BCS theory, Bloch's theorem, Density functional theory, Fermi gas, Fermi liquid theory, Many-body...
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    for a tsunami Tollmien–Schlichting wave, in fluid dynamics Wind wave Bloch's theorem Matter wave Pilot wave theory, in Bohmian mechanics Wave function Wave...
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  • physics, Nanoscale and mesoscopic physics, Polymer physics BCS theory, Bloch's theorem, Density functional theory, Fermi gas, Fermi liquid theory, Many-body...
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    which the effect had first been observed. Anderson impurity model Bloch's theorem Electronic band structure Solid-state physics Bose–Hubbard model t-J...
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    necessarily true. A further generalization appears in the context of Bloch's theorems and Floquet theory, which govern the solution of various periodic differential...
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  • Schrödinger equation is often written for functions of momentum, as Bloch's theorem ensures the periodic crystal lattice potential couples Ψ ~ ( p ) {\displaystyle...
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  • condition and plugging in Schrödinger's equation results in a proof of Bloch's theorem, which is particularly important in understanding the band structure...
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    In quantum mechanics and computing, the Bloch sphere is a geometrical representation of the pure state space of a two-level quantum mechanical system...
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    quasiperiods, the periods of the corresponding Weierstrass ℘ function. Bloch's theorem says that the eigenfunctions of a periodic Schrödinger equation (or...
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  • periodicity of the crystalline potential allows the application of the Bloch theorem, which states that the Hamiltonian eigenstates take the form ψ n k (...
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  • Center near Mountain View, California. With the publication of Bloch's book, Ginsberg's theorem seemingly thereafter became much more widely known. Robert...
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    pioneered in 1929 by Rudolf Peierls, who analyzed the Hall effect using Bloch's theorem, and demonstrated that a nearly full and a nearly empty Brillouin zones...
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