Since the solution \Psi_{\lambda} seldomly can be found in closed form, approximations are sought. In this text we define an approximative wave function or an ansatz to the exact wave function as
\Phi_{\lambda}=\Phi_{\lambda}(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_A),
with
\Phi_{0}=\Phi_{0}(x_{1},x_{2},\dots,x_{A}),
being the ansatz for the ground state.