Abstract
A new form of one-electron wave function, "vectal," is introduced. It is shown that an arbitrary CI geminal and a certain class of many-electron wave functions can be represented in a single-determinantal form in terms of the vectal. Eigenvalue equations for the vectal, similar to that of the Hartree–Fock theory, are derived and the vectal representation is shown to enable a formal interpretation of the CI theory in the Hartree–Fock manner. The eigenvalue, vectal energy, is interpreted as the negative of an ionization potential, in Koop-man's sense, of the system described by the CI wave function. It is also shown that the expectation value of any one-electron operator, [Formula: see text], where Ψ is the CI wave function, is expressible in terms of the expectation values of the same operator with respect to the vectals. The vectals are interpreted as the one-electron wave function in the CI space.A possible application of the vectal representation is briefly described, and the relationship between the vectal representation and the "scalar representation" is discussed.
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