Linear combination of atomic orbitals

Technique in quantum chemistry

A linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) is a quantum superposition of atomic orbitals and a technique for calculating molecular orbitals in quantum chemistry. In quantum mechanics, electron configurations of atoms are described as wavefunctions. In a mathematical sense, these wave functions are the basis set of functions, the basis functions, which describe the electrons of a given atom.

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