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The theory of crystalline solids rests on the very important concept of an ideal crystal. By an ideal crystal one understands a strictly periodically arranged assembly of atoms (ions, molecules). Such a regular configuration of particles is called a crystal lattice. To describe a crystal lattice it suffices to know how the atoms are arranged in the lattice unit cell, translation of which enables construction of the entire lattice. The unit cell has the shape of a parallelepiped, the choice of which is determined by the crystal’s symmetry, that is, the property of the crystal to map into itself under rotation, reflection and translation operations.
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Tsidilkovski, I.M. (1997). Insulators, Semiconductors, Metals. In: Electron Spectrum of Gapless Semiconductors. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60403-4_3
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