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International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Note on the usual perturbation theory

Claude D. George

Published Jul 1, 1968• 2 citations
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Abstract

Abstract The Kato perturbative scheme is recovered and generalized. The procedure followed is inspired by the technique used in statistical mechanics to study the asymptotic evolution of the density matrix.
DOI
10.1002/qua.560020403

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