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This lecture covers the electronic structure in quantum physics, focusing on the Hamiltonian operator and the concept of orbitals, including Slater-type and Gaussian-type orbitals commonly used in quantum mechanics. The instructor explains the second quantization of the Hamiltonian, the Hartree-Fock method, and the variational theorem applied to quantum systems.