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Hello.
I just wonder why the energy expression of Hartree Fock method is symmetric. I tried to find out the reason on the Internet but I could only find that: since the Hartree Fock energy expression is symmetric, it is variational.
In Hartree Fock method, the repulsive energy between different electrons is averaged, so does that mean the amount of contribution of different electrons to the repulsive energy is indistinguishable which leads to the symmetric energy expression?
Thank you for your reply
I just wonder why the energy expression of Hartree Fock method is symmetric. I tried to find out the reason on the Internet but I could only find that: since the Hartree Fock energy expression is symmetric, it is variational.
In Hartree Fock method, the repulsive energy between different electrons is averaged, so does that mean the amount of contribution of different electrons to the repulsive energy is indistinguishable which leads to the symmetric energy expression?
Thank you for your reply