Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Traces of the reduced density operators revisited: closed-form formulae
Josep Planelles, Jacek Karwowski
Abstract
Closed-form expressions for traces of the qth-order reduced density operators, q-RDOs, and symmetry-adapted q-RDOs calculated in an N-electron and spin-adapted subspace of a K-orbital Fock space are derived. The asymptotic form of the expression for traces of the q-RDOs, corresponding to and limits, is discussed in detail. Several identities fulfilled by some quantities related to the traces are derived.