Imagine the primitive cubic lattice. Now imagine grabbingopposite corners and stretching it along the body diagonalwhile keeping the edge lengths equal. The three angles betweenthe lattice vectors remain equal but are no longer 90°.What kind of primitive lattice have you made?

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Imagine the primitive cubic lattice. Now imagine grabbing
opposite corners and stretching it along the body diagonal
while keeping the edge lengths equal. The three angles between
the lattice vectors remain equal but are no longer 90°.
What kind of primitive lattice have you made?

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