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# Maxwell-Bloch equations
-For an electron in a two level system with time-independent states
+For an electron in a two-level system with time-independent states
$\ket{g}$ (ground) and $\ket{e}$ (excited),
consider the following general solution
to the full Schrödinger equation:
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It is trivial to show that $\vb{E}$ and $\vb{P}$
can be replaced by $\vb{E}^{+}$ and $\vb{P}^{+}$.
-It is equally trivial to convert
+It is also simple to convert
the dipole $\vb{p}^{+}$ and inversion $d$
into their macroscopic versions $\vb{P}^{+}$ and $D$,
-simply by summing over all atoms in the medium.
+simply by averaging over the atoms per unit of volume.
We thus arrive at the **Maxwell-Bloch equations**:
$$\begin{aligned}