On Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions Absent in the Actual Solid State Theory

Abstract

In this letter new, closed and compact analytic expressions for the evaluation of resonant energies, resonant bound-states, eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for both scattering and bounded $n$-cell systems are reported. It is shown that for (scattering and bounded) 1-D systems the eigenfunctions $Ψ_{μ,ν}(z)$ are simple and well defined functions of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind $U_{n}$, and the energy eigenvalues $E_{μ,ν}$ (in the $μ$-th band) are determined by the zeros of these polynomials. New insights on the energy gap and the localization effect induced by phase coherence are shown.