Hartree-Fock method
= Hartree-Fock method
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= HF
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A variational approximation restricting a many-electron <wavefunction> to one <Slater determinant>. Minimizing its energy gives self-consistent one-electron equations with Coulomb and exchange operators. It includes exchange from antisymmetry but omits correlation beyond the <determinant>.