What is the Relation Between k and x in the Given Energy Function?

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Homework Statement


I have an energy function as follows:
[itex]E = \dfrac{\hbar^2}{2m_e}k_x^2+E_0\left(n_y^2+1\right)[/itex]
Where [itex]E_0 = \dfrac{\pi^2\hbar^2}{2m_eL_z}[/itex]
I am asked to plot this energy for [itex]x\in ]-L_z/2;L_z/2[[/itex]
I know everything but not the relation between k and x?.

The Attempt at a Solution


I Fourier transform the energy from x to k-space(momentum space) and get some dela functions in k multiplied on as one would expect, but this seems odd to me and I want to know:
What is the relation between k and x?
 
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Follow up:
Maybe I shall choose some k and just plot a constant, but it seems silly.