We improve a recently developed implementation of perturbation theory for separable problems. On choosing a new ansatz for the perturbed wave function that takes into account the singularities of the eigenvalue equation explicitly, the resulting perturbation equations become simpler. As an illustrative example, we consider the Stark shift of the microwave spectra of a polarizable symmetric-top molecule.
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