Pauli's exclusion principle tells us (in an informal language) that each and every electron in an atom is unique. When I searched for a derivation , I got nil everywhere (even the wiki site says only that it's equivalent to anti-symmetry of wave functions with respect to exchange). However the concept of anti-symmetric wave functions is itself another aspect of the principle. So , my question is straight : can we derive the principle theoretically? As I know , in mathematics uniqueness can indeed be proved rigorously by logic and reasoning, and this gives me a hope that the principle can be derived from sounder mathematical principles. Any suggestions are welcome.
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