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wavefunction (state function), Math - symbol, Math - symbol, Math - symbol
The solution of the Schrödinger equation, eigenfunction of the hamiltonian operator. Complex conjugate functions are denoted by an asterisk read as 'star'.
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Green Book, p. 16
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/W06657.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/W06657.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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