Hello all
I have a row of 100 atoms and i am considering nearest neighbour interaction. What that means is that each atom has an interaction with itself (self interaction) of magnitude 2; and each atom interacts with its two nearest neighbour atoms from each side of magnitude 1. This 1D problem is represented in matrix as
2 1 0 0 0 0 ...
-1 2 1 0 0 0 ...
0 -1 2 1 0 0 ...
0 0 -1 2 1 0 ...
...
...
Now, my problem is that i dont know how to write this matrix when instead of a 1D problem, i have a 2D plane of atoms with the same nearest neighbour interaction condition. Can someone please help me ???
Thanks in advance.
Sazzad