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Variational method for the Hartree equation of the helium atom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Peter Bader
Peter Bader
Affiliation:
Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

It is shown that in the Hartree approximation the energy functional of the helium atom reaches its minimum and that the corresponding minimizing function is a solution of the Hartree equation.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 82 , Issue 1-2 , 1978 , pp. 27 - 39
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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