Question: True or false? The angular-momentum addition rule (11.39) shows that the number of values of J obtained by adding j1 and j2 is always 2j

True or false? The angular-momentum addition rule (11.39) shows that the number of values of J obtained by adding j1 and j2 is always 2j< + 1, where j< is the smaller of j1 and j2 or is j1 if j1 = j2.

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