Physical Chemistry
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Author: Ball, David W. (david Warren), BAER, Tomas
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Chapter 12, Problem 12.65E
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The value of
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Perturbation theory assumes that a system can be approximated as a known, solvable system. The difference between the known system and system of interest is small and additive. The average value of observable energy is represented as,
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