Thomas and Fermi independently developed a theory of complex many electrons atom or ion by choosing fermi gas of electron in ground state.The electrons confined in space by a central potential V(r) where V(r) is zero for large distance(r) from the nucleus. Apart from this assumption they also assumed the variation of potential is very slow in distance very much larger than de'Broglie wavelengths of electron and the thermal energy kT is much smaller than the potential energy in the boundary of the atom.In the near of nucleas potential remain constant .And for large distance its value is zero.Then Schrödinger equation becomes $$\frac{-\hbar^2\nabla^2\Psi}{2m}=E\Psi$$ Which solution gives $$\Psi=C\sin\left({k_x x}\right)\sin\left({k_y y}\right)\sin\left({k_z z}\right)$$ $$k^2=\frac{2mE}{\hbar^2}={k_x}^2+{k_y}^2+{k_z}^2$$ Where we are using the boundary conditions $$\Psi(x,y,0)=\Psi(x,y,L)=\Psi(x,0,z)=\Psi(x,L,z)=\Psi(0,y,z)=\Psi(L,y,z)=0$$ where the solution confined in a ...