Hartree and Thomas: The forefathers of density functional theory

Archive for History of Exact Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 331-348

  Zangwill, Andrew ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84877046628     PISSN: 00039519     EISSN: 14320657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00407-013-0114-4     Document Type: Article

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