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 ### Exercise 2: Tight-binding in 2D
 
 Consider a rectangular lattice with lattice constants $a_x$ and $a_y$.
-Suppose the hopping parameters in the two directions to be $t_1$ and $t_2$.
+Suppose the hopping parameters in the two corresponding directions to be $-t_1$ and $-t_2$.
 Consider a single orbital per atom and only nearest-neighbour interactions.
 
 1. Write down a 2D tight-binding Schrödinger equation (expand to 2D the results of 1D).