“Know how to solve every problem that has been solved.” “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” — Richard Feynman

Solid State Physics

Courses

Bands, lattices, and the quantum mechanics of crystalline matter.

5 skills 0 questions ← whole tech tree

Content for this course is still being written. For now, explore the skill map below — every node links to its full page.

Skill map

Each node is a skill; an arrow means "learn this first." Deep-dive links go to the full pages.

Crystals & Reciprocal Space

Lattice vectors, periodicity, the Brillouin zone.

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deep dive ↓Crystals
Bloch's Theorem

Periodic potentials give band-structured wavefunctions.

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deep dive ↓Zone Folding
Condensed-Matter Observables

Band gaps, densities of states, spectroscopic probes.

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Augmented Plane Waves

Muffin-tin spheres matched to plane waves.

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LAPW

Linearized APW with derivative continuity.

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deep dive ↓LAPW Method