Show that every edge (side) of the polyhedron (square or hexagonal) bonding the Wigner-Seitz unit cell of the body-centered cubic lattice is times the length of the conventional unit cell.

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Show that every edge (side) of the polyhedron (square or hexagonal) bonding the Wigner-Seitz unit cell of the body-centered cubic lattice is times the length of the conventional unit cell.

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