# Hartree-Fock method

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A method of approximation for the determination of the wavefunction and the energy of a quantum many-body system in a stationary state.

## Etymology
Named after Douglas Hartree and V. A. Fock.

## Source
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