Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Born-Oppenheimer approximation -- 1.3 Approximate methods -- 1.3.1 Variational method: Linear variation principle …
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