Equivalent functions: hybrids and Wannier functions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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In the last two decades a family of closely related functions have been introduced for the solution of quantum-mechanical problems. In dealing with atomic and molecular systems Pauling (12) introduced in 1928 linear combinations of the eigenfunctions of a single atom, which were called hybrids. These have specific symmetry properties which were utilized by Kimball (6) to construct a group-theoretical method for their determination. More recently Lennard-Jones (8) defined linear combinations of molecular eigenfunctions which he called equivalent orbitals. These are formally similar to the hybrids and Lennard-Jones took over the Kimball method for their determination.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 1958 , pp. 197 - 206
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