Article: The stability of electron orbital shells based on a model of the Riemann-zeta function.(Report)

It is shown that the atomic number Z is prime at the beginning of the each [s.sup.1], [p.sup.1], [d.sup.1], and f1 energy levels of electrons, with some fluctuation in the actinide and lanthanide series. The periodic prime number boundary of [s.sup.1], [p.su.1], [d.sup.1], and [f.sup.1] is postulated to occur because of stability of Schrodinger's wave equation due to a fundamental relationship with the Riemann-Zeta function.

1 Introduction

It has been known that random matrix theory, and in particular a Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE), can be used to solve the eigenvalue states of high-Z nuclei which would otherwise be computationally impossible. In ...

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