We study the relation between quantum entanglement and electron correlation in quantum chemistry calculations.We prove that the Hartree-Fock(HF)wave function does not violate Bell's inequality,and thus is not entangled,whereas the configuration interaction(CI)wave function is entangled since it violates Bell's inequality.Entanglement is related to electron correlation and might be used as an alternative measure of the electron correlation in quantum chemistry calculations.As an example we show the calculations of entanglement for the H2 molecule and how it correlates with the traditional electron correlation,which is the difference between the exact and the HF energies.
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