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Which outcome occurs when representing atomic orbitals with approximated trial wave functions?

A)Energy estimation becomes more stable
B)Spatial probability densities are idealized
C)Electron spin aligns more uniformly
D)Computation complexity significantly escalates

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Energy estimation becomes more stable because of the variational principle; the expectation value of the Hamiltonian rises but the approximated trial wave functions minimize ground state energy. Therefore, stability improves, rather than probability, alignment, or complexity issues arising inherently.

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