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... quantum state of a system can be specified by some set of f quantum numbers . This number f , called the number of degrees of freedom of the system , is equal to the number of independent co- ordinates ( including spin coordinates ) ...
... quantum state of a system can be specified by some set of f quantum numbers . This number f , called the number of degrees of freedom of the system , is equal to the number of independent co- ordinates ( including spin coordinates ) ...
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... quantum numbers lie thus geometrically at the centers of cubes of unit edge length , as indicated in Fig . 3.7 . As in the preceding example , these quantum numbers are again ordinarily very large for a molecule in a macroscopic box ...
... quantum numbers lie thus geometrically at the centers of cubes of unit edge length , as indicated in Fig . 3.7 . As in the preceding example , these quantum numbers are again ordinarily very large for a molecule in a macroscopic box ...
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... quantum numbers , ( € ) possible values which can be assumed by the 2nd of its quantum numbers , . . . , and ( e ) possible values which can be assumed by the fth of its quantum numbers . The total number of possible combinations of these ...
... quantum numbers , ( € ) possible values which can be assumed by the 2nd of its quantum numbers , . . . , and ( e ) possible values which can be assumed by the fth of its quantum numbers . The total number of possible combinations of these ...
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