The general scheme of using non‐orthogonal radial orbitals in a complex electronic configuration of the atom

A theory for using non-orthogonal radial orbitals between shells with identical orbital quantum numbers, in the case of complex configurations, is presented. Construction of the antisymmetric wave function of the whole configuration, with the help of antisymmetrical wave functions of individual shells, is described. General methods of calculating matrix elements of one- and two-electron operators are given.