16. Notes about Solid State Physics# 16.1. Crystals# Primary lattice vectors, \(\mathbf{a}_j\), defines periodicity (and symmetry) of the lattice,… $\(f(\mathbf{r}) = f \left( \mathbf{r} + \sum_j n_j \mathbf{a}_j \right) \ ,\) with \(n_j \in \mathbb{Z}\). 16.1.1. Bloch’s theorem# …