Show that if a band has a minimum but is not isotropic, that is, that the density

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Show that if a band has a minimum but is not isotropic, that is,

that the density of states near k(vector)  = 0 is still proportional to √(E − E0). In this case, the Taylor expansion is

This gives a matrix for the quadratic term, which can always be diagonalized.

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