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General form of reciprocal basis vectors

A general form of a set of reciprocal basis vectors, bi, is

bi ·aj = 2πδij


Where aj is the real-space basis.

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  2. I guess that form can also be written as:
    e^(iG.K) = 1
    So, the exponential can be 1 if the G.K = 2π (an integer)

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  3. Where G and K are linear combinations of a and b respectively you mean? Then yes.

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