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Homework Statement
By expanding a MacLaurin Series show that
E_{n}=\epsilon_{n} - \mu c^{2} = - \frac{w_{0}Z^{2}}{n^{2}}[1+\frac{\alpha^{2} Z^{2}}{n}(\frac{1}{k}-\frac{3}{4n})]
Homework Equations
Through a lengthy derivation I arrived at
\epsilon_{n}=\frac{\mu c^2}{\sqrt{1+\frac{Z^{2}\alpha^{2}}{n_{r}+\sqrt{l^{2}-Z^{2}\alpha^{2}}}}}
I should add that k is what the text is using for the azimuthal quantum number, I used l in my derivation out of habit.
The Attempt at a Solution
I've got no ideas where to go with this thing. I should take advantage of identites
\sqrt{1-x}=1-\frac{x}{2}-\frac{x^{2}}{8}+...
\frac{1}{1+x}=1+...
Do I need to make some aggressive substitutions?
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