Cauchy-Born rule
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The Cauchy-Born rule or Cauchy-Born approximation is the statement that in an object subject to a small strain the positions of the atoms follows the overall strain of the material. This approximation generally holds for FCC and BCC crystials, but fails for more complex configurations as found in diamond, for example.
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