Preferred Label : antisymmetry principle;
IUPAC definition : The postulate that electrons must be described by wavefunctions which are antisymmetric
with respect to interchange of the coordinates (including spin) of a pair of electrons.
A corollary of the principle is the Pauli exclusion principle. All particles with
half-integral spin (fermions) are described by antisymmetric wavefunctions, and all
particles with zero or integral spin (bosons) are described by symmetric wavefunctions.;
Origin ID : AT06989;
See also
The postulate that electrons must be described by wavefunctions which are antisymmetric
with respect to interchange of the coordinates (including spin) of a pair of electrons.
A corollary of the principle is the Pauli exclusion principle. All particles with
half-integral spin (fermions) are described by antisymmetric wavefunctions, and all
particles with zero or integral spin (bosons) are described by symmetric wavefunctions.
