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Kohn-Sham ensemble v-representability of Coulomb ground-state densities by potentials in L^{3/2}+L^infinity

Theorem 1.1: there is a finite positive integer ZZ such that the three-electron Coulomb Hamiltonian with two nuclei of charge ZZ at ±(D/Z)ez\pm(D/Z)e_z, D=10200D=10^{200}, has a normalizable absolute ground state Ψ\Psi (sector Sz=1/2S_z=1/2) whose spin-summed density is not the density of any ground-state ensemble of Hs(v)H_s(v) for any real v∈L3/2+L∞v\in L^{3/2}+L^\infty. The mechanism is the Gori-Giorgi-Gal-Baerends nodal-plane asymptotics, made rigorous, plus a kinetic certificate against all ensembles. A corollary rules out a local-potential first variation of the ensemble Hartree-exchange-correlation functional at that density. Not covered: larger potential classes, atoms, or physically realistic charges.

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Kohn-Sham ensemble v-representability of Coulomb ground-state densities by potentials in L^{3/2}+L^infinity

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Theorem 1.1: there is a finite positive integer ZZ such that the three-electron Coulomb Hamiltonian with two nuclei of charge ZZ at ±(D/Z)ez\pm(D/Z)e_z, D=10200D=10^{200}, has a normalizable absolute ground state Ψ\Psi (sector Sz=1/2S_z=1/2) whose spin-summed density is not the density of any ground-state ensemble of Hs(v)H_s(v) for any real v∈L3/2+L∞v\in L^{3/2}+L^\infty. The mechanism is the Gori-Giorgi-Gal-Baerends nodal-plane asympto…

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Theorem 1.1: there is a finite positive integer ZZ such that the three-electron Coulomb Hamiltonian with two nuclei of charge ZZ at ±(D/Z)ez\pm(D/Z)e_z, D=10200D=10^{200}, has a normalizable absolute ground state Ψ\Psi (sector Sz=1/2S_z=1/2) whose spin-summed density is not the density of any ground-state ensemble of Hs(v)H_s(v) for any real v∈L3/2+L∞v\in L^{3/2}+L^\infty. The mechanism is the Gori-Giorgi-Gal-Baerends nodal-plane asymptotics, made rigorous, plus a kinetic certificate against all ensembles. A corollary rules out a local-potential first variation of the ensemble Hartree-exchange-correlation functional at that density. Not covered: larger potential classes, atoms, or physically realistic charges.

Theorem 1.1: there is a finite positive integer ZZ such that the three-electron Coulomb Hamiltonian with two nuclei of charge ZZ at ±(D/Z)ez\pm(D/Z)e_z, D=10200D=10^{200}, has a normalizable absolute ground state Ψ\Psi (sector Sz=1/2S_z=1/2) whose spin-summed density is not the density of any ground-state ensemble of Hs(v)H_s(v) for any real v∈L3/2+L∞v\in L^{3/2}+L^\infty. The mechanism is the Gori-Giorgi-Gal-Baerends nodal-plane asymptotics, made rigorous, plus a kinetic certificate against all ensembles. A corollary rules out a local-potential first variation of the ensemble Hartree-exchange-correlation functional at that density. Not covered: larger potential classes, atoms, or physically realistic charges.

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