What Is the Brillouin Zone in Solid State Physics?

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How can I define brillouin zone?
 

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Have you at least made the effort of looking it up in a book, or even just googled it?
 
I tried to understand but fell uneasy to explain it to my High school level son.
 
Partha1963

take a look at this website, and if you still have some trouble contact me back:

http://ph.qmul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/anthony/spfm/homework/week9-answers.pdf
 
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