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Commentary on Allen & Kinght’s Response to the Löwdin Challenge

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This commentary provides a critical examination of a recent article by Allen and Knight in which the authors claim to provide the long-sought explanation for the Madelung, or n + ℓ, n rule for the order of orbital filling in many-electron atoms. It is concluded that the explanation is inadequate for several reasons.

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Scerri, E. Commentary on Allen & Kinght’s Response to the Löwdin Challenge. Found Chem 8, 285–292 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10698-006-9009-7

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