- \int_{O(3)} {\bm A}_{\mathbf{nlm}} \circ Q \, dQ \]</p><p>Because of properties of the spherical harmonics one can write this as </p><p class="math-container">\[ {\bm B} = \mathcal{U} {\bm A},\]</p><p>where <span>${\bm A}$</span> is the vector of 1, 2, ..., N correlations (the maximal <span>$N$</span> is an approximation parameter!) and <span>$\mathcal{U}$</span> is a sparse matrix (the coupling coefficients).</p><p>If one symmetrised all possible <span>$N$</span>-correlations then this would create a spanning set, but one can easily reduce this to an actual basis. This construction then yields a basis of the space of symmetric polynomials. </p><p>Notes: </p><ul><li>Because of permutation symmetry only ordered <span>${\bm v}$</span> tuples are retained</li></ul><h3 id="Linear-Dependence"><a class="docs-heading-anchor" href="#Linear-Dependence">Linear Dependence</a><a id="Linear-Dependence-1"></a><a class="docs-heading-anchor-permalink" href="#Linear-Dependence" title="Permalink"></a></h3><p>The construction described above introduces a lot of linear dependence which is removed in the ACE basis construction in a mixed symbolic / numerical procedure. In the end we no longer index the symmetrized basis functions as <span>$B_{\bm nlm}$</span> but as <span>$B_{\mathbf{nl}i}$</span> with <span>$i$</span> indexing the linearly independent basis functions from the <span>$\mathbf{nl}$</span> block. </p></article><nav class="docs-footer"><a class="docs-footer-prevpage" href="../parallel-fitting/">« Parallel Fitting</a><a class="docs-footer-nextpage" href="../pkg/">Using the Julia Package Manager »</a><div class="flexbox-break"></div><p class="footer-message">Powered by <a href="https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl">Documenter.jl</a> and the <a href="https://julialang.org/">Julia Programming Language</a>.</p></nav></div><div class="modal" id="documenter-settings"><div class="modal-background"></div><div class="modal-card"><header class="modal-card-head"><p class="modal-card-title">Settings</p><button class="delete"></button></header><section class="modal-card-body"><p><label class="label">Theme</label><div class="select"><select id="documenter-themepicker"><option value="auto">Automatic (OS)</option><option value="documenter-light">documenter-light</option><option value="documenter-dark">documenter-dark</option><option value="catppuccin-latte">catppuccin-latte</option><option value="catppuccin-frappe">catppuccin-frappe</option><option value="catppuccin-macchiato">catppuccin-macchiato</option><option value="catppuccin-mocha">catppuccin-mocha</option></select></div></p><hr/><p>This document was generated with <a href="https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl">Documenter.jl</a> version 1.16.0 on <span class="colophon-date" title="Saturday 15 November 2025 01:13">Saturday 15 November 2025</span>. Using Julia version 1.12.1.</p></section><footer class="modal-card-foot"></footer></div></div></div></body></html>
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