Physical Review A
Direct computation of traces ofp-order replacement operators overN-electron spin-adapted spaces
Luis Laín, Alicia Torre
Abstract
In our previous studies with the evaluation of traces of p-order replacement operators calculated in finite-dimensional, antisymmetric, and spin-adapted N-electron spaces (p\ensuremath{\le}N), we described a technique for the calculation of those expressions based on the reduction of the opertor order [A. Torre, L. Lain, and J. Millan, Phys. Rev. A 47, 923 (1993)]. Now, we report a general formula which, condensing all the reduction steps, leads to the direct evaluation of those traces. Some examples for illuminating the usefulness of that formula are reported.