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Pauli proposes that no two equivalent atomic electrons can occupy the same complete four-quantum-number state, using strong-field spectral bookkeeping to account for closed electron groups and restricted atomic terms, without deriving a general spin-statistics theorem.
Scientific scope
Pauli proposes that no two equivalent atomic electrons can occupy the same complete four-quantum-number state, using strong-field spectral bookkeeping to account for closed electron groups and restricted atomic terms, without deriving a general spin-statistics theorem. The original rule concerns the stated electron-state quantum numbers and atomic-spectrum framework. It is not the later complete spin-statistics theorem or an experimental proof for every particle. Historical terminology and later spin interpretation must be distinguished. Dirac/Fermi statistical developments retain separate credit.
Evidence
Source-linked, scoped account of the original work. The published scope states the scientific assumptions and remaining verification limits. WRS has not independently certified the full proof, experimental result or system benchmark.
Contributors
- W. Pauli jr. · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
- W. Pauli jr., Ueber den Zusammenhang des Abschlusses der Elektronengruppen im Atom mit der Komplexstruktur der Spektren; original 1925
- Publisher-deposited identity for the exact original 1925 paper
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