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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0728.00011.] The spin polarized analogue of Thomas-Fermi theory leads to the following problem. Minimize the energy functional \(\varepsilon(\rho_ 1,\rho_ 2)\), where \(\rho_ 1\) (resp. \(\rho_ 2\)) is the density of spin up (resp. spin down) electrons and the constraints are that \(\rho_ i\geq 0\) and \(\int_{R^ 3}\rho_ i(x)dx=N_ i\) where \(N_ 1\), \(N_ 2\) are given. The authors treat the case \(C^{FA}_ i={1\over N_ i}\), for \(i=1,2\), where \(C^{FA}_ i\) are the Fermi-Amaldi correction factors. They obtain a coupled system of nonlinear elliptic equations which cannot be reduced to a single equation. In this case the energy functional is not convex. In the last section the authors state the new theorems. Thus this note presents the physical background, derivation and motivation for a future paper.