Lieb–Oxford inequality
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In quantum chemistry and physics, the Lieb–Oxford inequality provides a lower bound for the indirect part of the Coulomb energy of a quantum mechanical system. It is named after Elliott H. Lieb and Stephen Oxford.
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The inequality is of importance for density functional theory and plays a role in the proof of stability of matter.