Abstract
For a bare Coulomb potential energy -Ze2/r, it is shown that the total electron density ρ(r) for an arbitrary number of closed shells is given by ρ(r)=(2Z/a0) Fr ρs(r)dr where ρs is the s-state contribution to ρ(r). This yields Kato’s theorem [∂ρ(r)/∂r]r=0=(-2Z/a0)ρ (r=0) as a limiting case. That ∂ρ/∂r is always negative follows, for all distances r. For the nth closed shell, with density ρn(r), it is further shown that Rn0(r)=[(-a0/2Z)∂ρn/∂r] 1/2, with Rn0 the s-state radial wave function. This result can be used to construct an explicit differential equation for ρn(r).

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