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A coupling approximation in which each electron’s and first form , after which the combine to total .
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Clebsch–Gordan coefficients implement successive angular-momentum couplings used to build states of definite total angular momentum in jj coupling.
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coupling is useful when individual spin–orbit couplings dominate residual interelectronic angular coupling.
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In coupling, term labels record the coupled one-electron values and total .
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