In condensed matter physics, Bloch's theorem states that solutions to the Schrödinger equation in a periodic potential can be expressed as plane waves...

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...

periodic potential. The solutions in this case are known as Bloch states. Since Bloch's theorem applies only to periodic potentials, and since unceasing...

special case of electron waves in a periodic crystal lattice using Bloch's theorem as treated generally in the dynamical theory of diffraction. Every...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ) =...

periodic function, with the same periodicity as the crystal lattice. Bloch's theorem proves that the solutions to this differential equation can be written...

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...

{k} \cdot \mathbf {R} }\psi (\mathbf {r} )} This result is known as Bloch's Theorem. In the passive transformation picture, translational invariance requires...

Felix Bloch (/blɒk/; German: [blɔx] ; 23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize...

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...

Arakelyan's theorem (complex analysis) Area theorem (conformal mapping) (complex analysis) Beurling–Lax theorem (Hardy spaces) Bloch's theorem (complex analysis)...

coordinates (the Born–Oppenheimer approximation). The code also makes use of Bloch's Theorem which means a wavefunction of a periodic system has a cell-periodic...

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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...

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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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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periodicity of the crystalline potential allows the application of the Bloch theorem, which states that the Hamiltonian eigenstates take the form ψ n k (...

André Bloch, French mathematician, Bloch space, Bloch's theorem (complex variables) Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physician – Bloch wall, Bloch sphere...

In mathematics, the norm residue isomorphism theorem is a long-sought result relating Milnor K-theory and Galois cohomology. The result has a relatively...

+b|B\rangle } (where A and B are the internal degrees of freedom). Due to Bloch's theorem, this basis block-diagonalizes the Hamiltonian. One such block, h k...

via that envelope wave, usually using the "physics definition". See Bloch's theorem for further details. A moving wave surface in special relativity may...

properties, such as electronic structure, difficult due to the absence of Bloch's theorem. However, spectra of quasicrystals can still be computed with error...