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The starting point of any discussion of DFT is the Hohenberg-Kohn (HK) theorem [6]. It represents the most basic of a number of existence theorems which ensure that stationary many-particle systems can be characterized (fully) by the ground state density and closely related quantities.
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Engel, E., Dreizler, R.M. (2011). Foundations of Density Functional Theory: Existence Theorems. In: Density Functional Theory. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14090-7_2
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