"Bloch's theorem" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after the physicist Felix Bloch. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bloch's theorem
  1. (physics) A theorem stating that the energy eigenstates for an electron in a crystal can be written as Bloch waves. Categories (topical): Physics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Named after the French mathematician André Bloch. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bloch's theorem
  1. (mathematics) A theorem that gives a lower bound on the size of a disc in which an inverse to a holomorphic function exists. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-Bloch's_theorem-en-name-1bRvmmGQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 53 Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Etymology number: 2

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