A B-spline finite element solution of the Kohn-Sham equation for an atom

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Romanowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS;

EIGENPROBLEMS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; KOHN-SHAM EQUATIONS; LINEAR COMBINATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 41849092185     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/16/1/015003     Document Type: Article

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