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When adding angular momentum S$S$ and L$L$ to get J$J$, J$J$ can range from absolute value of (L-S)$|L-S|$ to L+S$L+S$ in integer steps. Then once you have J$J$ you can figure the allowed values of m_j$m_j$ just like you do for S$S$ and m_s$m_s$

When adding angular momentum S and L to get J, J can range from absolute value of (L-S) to L+S in integer steps. Then once you have J you can figure the allowed values of m_j just like you do for S and m_s

When adding angular momentum $S$ and $L$ to get $J$, $J$ can range from absolute value of $|L-S|$ to $L+S$ in integer steps. Then once you have $J$ you can figure the allowed values of $m_j$ just like you do for $S$ and $m_s$

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When adding angular momentum S and L to get J, J can range from absolute value of (L-S) to L+S in integer steps. Then once you have J you can figure the allowed values of m_j just like you do for S and m_s