From f45994ebc830a1200c347c583fd619a8db1cdb2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Dewing Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 14:20:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] More explanation about the integral. --- Variational/Variational_Hydrogen.ipynb | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Variational/Variational_Hydrogen.ipynb b/Variational/Variational_Hydrogen.ipynb index 12c98a7..2166ce9 100644 --- a/Variational/Variational_Hydrogen.ipynb +++ b/Variational/Variational_Hydrogen.ipynb @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "Construct the integral in spherical coordinates (There should be an additional factor of $4 \\pi$, but it will cancel since it occurs in the numerator and denominator)" + "The integration occurs in 3D over the electron coordinates. Because the integrand only has a dependence on $r$, it can be converted to spherical coordinates, and reduced to a 1D integral over $r$. (There should be an additional factor of $4 \\pi$, but it will cancel since it occurs in the numerator and denominator)" ] }, {