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We should have

or, integrating by parts,

whence, by setting the arbitrary coefficient δF equal to zero,

(3)

This relationship gives us (by partial integration):

or

hence finally:

(4)

Now, thanks to equation (3), δJ is independent from δF and thus δα; let us vary now the other variables

It follows, by returning to expression (1) of J,

But f, g, h are first subject to conditions (2), so that

(5)

and for convenience we write:

(6)

The principles of variation calculus tells us that we must do the calculation as if ψ is an arbitrary function, as if δJ is represented by (6), and as if the changes were no longer subject to the condition (5).

We have in addition:

whence, after partial integration,

(7)

If we assume at first that the electrons do not undergo a variation,