Abstract
It is known that the square root of the electron density satisfies {-(1/22+vθ([n];r) +vs([n];r)}n1/2(r) =ɛM n1/2(r), where vs is the Kohn-Sham potential and ɛM is its highest-occupied orbital energy. The Pauli potential vθ is defined as the functional derivative of the difference between the noninteracting kinetic energy Ts[n] and the full von Weizsäcker kinetic energy. It has already been proven that vθ([n];r)≥0 for all r. By starting primarily with a slightly modified version of an equation of Bartolotti and Acharya, new exact properties of vθ([n];r) are derived for the purpose of approximating it. The gradient expansion for Ts[n] gives a vθ([n];r) that is found to violate several of the exact conditions. For instance, vθ≥0 is violated unless the full von Weizsäcker term is employed. A new approximate form for vθ([n];r) is proposed.