Was Pauling Mistaken about Metals?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory
2.1. The Model of Kronig and Penney
2.2. Maximizing the Probability
3. Results
3.1. Choosing the Size of the System
3.2. How the Probability Depends on the Opacity
3.3. The Maximum Probability Domain
4. Conclusions
4.1. Summary
4.2. Speculation
4.3. Analogy
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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