Abstract
The electronic partition function for the hydrogen atom was recently derived by integration over the Coulomb propagator. A much simpler derivation is given here, based on Schrodinger's exact solution for a hydrogenic atom in a Riemannian space of positive curvature. The energy spectrum is entirely discrete, including states which correspond to the ionized atom. The curvature in Riemannian space is shown to be equivalent to a finite volume in Euclidean space.
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