Atomic orbital basis sets

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-295

  Jensen, Frank ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC-ORBITAL BASIS; BASIS SETS; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL BASIS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; PERIODIC TABLE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

EID: 84876502026     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1123     Document Type: Review

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