 Finite periodic tight-binding ring (source code)

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= Finite periodic tight-binding ring

For $N$ identical sites of spacing $a$ with periodic boundary conditions, translation eigenstates have coefficients
$$
c_n=\frac{1}{\sqrt N}e^{ikna},
\qquad
e^{ikNa}=1.
$$
Thus $k=2\pi j/(Na)$ modulo the reciprocal-lattice period $2\pi/a$.

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