Mathematical problems of nuclear configuration averaging

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-324

  Szekeres, Zsolt ^b,c   Mezey, Paul G ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active conformation; Conformation averaging; Conformational deformations; Electron density averaging; Shape complementarity; Shape similarity; Small amplitude vibrations; Union surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035737605     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015127811798     Document Type: Article

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