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BadgerKid

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6. Usually it's the simplest mathematical models that have exact solutions.

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 06:33 AM

Feb 2025

Models in general are intended to be an approximation of reality. It turns out that to go beyond hydrogen you basically smooth together multiple hydrogen models and use computers to generate a numerical solution.

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