Simple energy minimization for huge Lennard-Jones clusters by dramatic parameter reduction

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 119-124

  Deng, Y ^a   Rivera, C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic values; Lennard Jones clusters; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039136249     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(98)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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