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Solutions of Hartree-Fock equations for Coulomb systems

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This paper deals with the existence of multiple solutions of Hartree-Fock equations for Coulomb systems and related equations such as the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-Von Weizäcker equation.

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Lions, P.L. Solutions of Hartree-Fock equations for Coulomb systems. Commun.Math. Phys. 109, 33–97 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01205672

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