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The exact separation of the rotational degrees of freedom from the internal degrees of freedom presented by Sadhukhan et\u00a0al. [arXiv:2506.23962 (2025)] is exploited. The angular matrix elements involve the product of two bipolar harmonics and are calculated using an explicit analytical expression containing the Wigner 3j- and 6j-symbols. Using a symmetry and parity adapted wavefunction for P states in perimetric coordinates, the variational form of the SE\u00a0in canonical tensor format is derived. This consists of a sum of triple tensor products of factor matrices and is an exact representation. From this canonical format, the SE\u00a0can be solved in full tensor format or used to derive an exact representation as a second-order tensor train. Two formulations are presented. 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