The shell model of electron structure of negative hydrogen ion
In the frame of non-relativistic approximation, a compact approximate solution of the Schrödinger equation for the ion of $H^{-}$ has been obtained in the form of product for Legendre polynomials and variational functions of the Schull--Löwdin type. The accuracy of calculation of ion energy is of the same order that the results obtained using the multiparametric functions of Hylleraas and Pekeris.