Tangent planes and the mean-field approximation
Physics Education
2007-05-23 v5 Chemical Physics
Abstract
Local linearization is highlighted to explain the success of the orbital approximation in positive response to Scerri's comments on the electronic configuration model. The relevance of Rydberg states is made clear.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0407126,
title = {Tangent planes and the mean-field approximation},
author = {David Liao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0407126},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
v1: 11 pgs., v2: 6 pgs., v3: 5 pgs., pedagogical streamlining, dropped sections, style edits, v4,5: 3 pgs., 2 figures, reformatted as review letter, REVTeX