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+++ b/source/know/concept/electric-dipole-approximation/index.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ so that $$\vb{A} \cdot \vu{P} = \vu{P} \cdot \vb{A}$$:
$$\begin{aligned}
\comm{\vb{A}}{\vu{P}} \psi
+ &= (\vb{A} \cdot \vu{P} - \vu{P} \cdot \vb{A}) \psi
+ \\
&= -i \hbar \vb{A} \cdot (\nabla \psi) + i \hbar \nabla \cdot (\vb{A} \psi)
\\
&= i \hbar (\nabla \cdot \vb{A}) \psi
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
Where $$\vb{E}_0 = \omega \vb{A}_0$$.
Let us restrict ourselves to visible light,
whose wavelength $$2 \pi / |\vb{k}| \sim 10^{-6} \:\mathrm{m}$$.
-Meanwhile, an atomic orbital is several Bohr $$\sim 10^{-10} \:\mathrm{m}$$,
+Meanwhile, an atomic orbital is several Bohr radii $$\sim 10^{-10} \:\mathrm{m}$$,
so $$\vb{k} \cdot \vb{x}$$ is negligible:
$$\begin{aligned}