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Schedule

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Week Date Lecture Homework
1 1/17

Point and Space Groups

Lecture 1, Lecture 2

 
1/19
2 1/24

Bloch's Theorem

Lecture 3, Lecture 4

Homework 1

(due 2/14)

solutions

1/26
3 1/31

Groups and Representations

Lecture 5Lecture 6

 

2/02
4 2/07

Point and Space Group Representations

Lecture 7Lecture 8

 
2/09
5 2/14

Nonsymmorphic Groups and Compatibility Relations

Lecture 9Lecture 10

Homework 2

(due 3/21)

solutions

2/16
6 2/21

k-dot-p Theory

Lecture 11Lecture 12

 
2/23
7 2/28

Induced Representations and Double Groups

Lecture 13Lecture 14

 
3/02
8 3/07

Time-reversal Symmetry

Lecture 15

 

3/09
9 3/14 Spring Break - No Class  
3/16
10 3/21

Hybrid Wannier Functions

Lectures 16 and 17Lecture 18

 
3/23
11 3/28

Wilson Loops and Berry Curvature

Lecture 19Lecture 20

Homework 3

(due 4/17)

solutions

Final Presentation Topic Ideas

3/30
12 4/04

Tight-Binding Approximation

Lecture 21Lecture 22

 
4/06
13 4/11

1D Inversion-Symmetric Chain

Lecture 23Lecture 24

 
4/13
14 4/18

Band Representations

Lecture 25Lecture 26

 
4/20
15 4/25

Chern Insulators and Final Presentations

Lecture 27

 
4/27
16 5/2 Final Presentations