In the framework of the theory of an electron in a periodic potential, we reconsider the longstanding problem of the existence of smooth and periodic quasi-Bloch functions, which is shown to be equivalent to the triviality of the Bloch bundle. By exploiting the time-reversal symmetry of the Hamiltonian and some bundle-theoretic methods, we show that the problem has a positive answer in any dimension d ≤ 3, thus generalizing a previous result by G. Nenciu. We provide a general formulation of the result, aiming at the application to the Dirac equation with a periodic potential and to piezoelectricity. © 2007 Birkhäuser Verlag Basel/Switzerland.
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Panati, G. (2007). Triviality of Bloch and Bloch-Dirac bundles. Annales Henri Poincare, 8(5), 995–1011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00023-007-0326-8
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