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Comput. Meth. Sci. Eng. 8, 277(2008)] (independent of orthogonality to lower lying approximants). However, if a truncated expansion of a wave function is small - that would be desirable for large systems - then the HUM-based methods may lead to an incorrect wave function - despite the correct energy (: according to the HUM theorem) whereas our method leads to correct, reliable, albeit small truncated wave functions. The demonstration is done in He excited states, using truncated series ``small'' expansions both in Hylleraas coordinates, and via standard configuration-interaction truncated ``small'' expansions, in comparison with corresponding ``large'' expansions. 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