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- A..1.1 Useful formulae

## A..1 Nonrelativistic case

Let us assume that the charge density n(r) and the potential V(r) are spherically symmetric. The Kohn-Sham (KS) equation:

- + V(r) - () = 0 | (1)

can be written in spherical coordinates. We write the wavefunctions as

() = Ylm(), | (2)

where n is the main quantum number l = n - 1, n - 2,..., 0 is angular momentum, m = l, l - 1,..., - l + 1, - l is the projection of the angular momentum on some axis. The radial KS equation becomes:

- + (V(r) - )Rnl(r)Ylm() |  |  |
- sin + Rnl(r) = 0. |  |  | (3)

This yields an angular equation for the spherical harmonics Ylm():

- sin + = l (l + 1)Ylm() | (4)

and a radial equation for the radial part Rnl(r):

- + + V(r) - Rnl(r) = 0. | (5)

The charge density is given by

n(r) = Ylm() = | (6)

where are the occupancies ( 2l + 1) and it is assumed that the occupancies of m are such as to yield a spherically symmetric charge density (which is true only for closed shell atoms).

### A..1.1 Useful formulae

Gradient in spherical coordinates (r,,):

= ,, | (7)

Laplacian in spherical coordinates:

= (r) + sin + | (8)

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