Why is the total energy of a many-electron atom not equal to the sum of the orbital

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Why is the total energy of a many-electron atom not equal to the sum of the orbital energies for each electron?

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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