Abstract
The electronic structure of a smoothly deformed crystal is analyzed using a minimalist model in quantum many-body theory, the nonlinear tight-binding model. An extension of the classical Cauchy-Born rule for crystal lattices is established for the electronic structure under sharp stability conditions. A nonlinear elasticity model is rigorously derived. The onset of instability is briefly examined.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1432-1468 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| Journal | Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics