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2010 A Convex Minorant Problem Arising in Electron Density Theory
Gisèle R. Goldstein, Jerome A. Goldstein, Naima Naheed
Commun. Math. Anal. 8(2): 92-102 (2010).
Abstract

We find the largest convex minorant of the function

\begin{equation*} F\left( x,y\right) =ax^{2}+xy+by^{2} \end{equation*}

where $a,b$ are positive constants and $x\geq 0,\ y\geq 0$. We explain how the problem is closely connected with finding the ground state Thomas-Fermi electron density for a spin polarized quantum mechanical system with the Fermi-Amaldi correction.

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Gisèle R. Goldstein, Jerome A. Goldstein, and Naima Naheed "A Convex Minorant Problem Arising in Electron Density Theory," Communications in Mathematical Analysis 8(2), 92-102, (2010). https://doi.org/
Published: 2010
Vol.8 • No. 2 • 2010
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