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Bloch's theorem

Bloch's theorem proper noun: a theorem stating that the energy eigenstates for an electron in a crystal can be written as Bloch waves.

Proper noun (1)

Bloch's theorem

  1. A theorem stating that the energy eigenstates for an electron in a crystal can be written as Bloch waves.

Proper noun (2)

Bloch's theorem

  1. A theorem that gives a lower bound on the size of a disc in which an inverse to a holomorphic function exists.

Origin of Bloch's theorem

Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

Named after the French mathematician André Bloch.

Questions about Bloch's theorem

What does Bloch's theorem mean?
Bloch's theorem means a theorem stating that the energy eigenstates for an electron in a crystal can be written as Bloch waves.
What part of speech is Bloch's theorem?
Bloch's theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Bloch's theorem in the dictionary

  1. Bloch state
  2. Bloch wall
  3. Bloch walls
  4. Bloch wave
  5. Bloch waves
  6. Bloch's theorem
  7. Blocher
  8. Blochers
  9. Blochian
  10. blochiid
  11. blochiids

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