Fock matrix

noun

In the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of basis vectors.

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nounFock matrix (plural Fock matrixes or Fock matrices)

plural Fock matrixes · plural Fock matrices

  1. quantum mechanicsIn the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of basis vectors.
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