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The Hartree-Fock approximation, also referred to as the Hartree-Fock method or simply Hartree-Fock theory, is a fundamental approach in quantum chemistry and quantum physics used to approximate the wave function of a multi-electron system. Developed independently by Douglas Hartree and Vladimir Fock in the early 20th century, this method provides a systematic way to solve the Schrödinger equation for systems with multiple interacting particles, particularly electrons in atoms and molecules.
The core idea of the Hartree-Fock method is to describe the many-body wave function as a single
The Hartree-Fock equations are derived by minimizing the energy of the system with respect to variations in
While the Hartree-Fock method provides a reasonable approximation for many systems, it has limitations. It does