Computational chemistry from the perspective of numerical analysis

Acta Numerica

Volumn 14, Issue , 2005, Pages 363-444

  Le Bris, Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

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EID: 19844366465     PISSN: 09624929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096249290400025X     Document Type: Review

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