"One of the fundamental problems in electronic structure calculations is to determine the electron density associated with the minimum total energy of a molecular or bulk system. The total energy minimization problem is often formulated as a nonlinear eigenvalue problem. This presentation will focus on one of the most successful approaches to it: the SCF-Anderson (Self Consistent Field method accelerated by Anderson Acceleration) method. We will introduce the SCF-Anderson algorithm, talk about properties of an important parameter in it, study a linearly constrained least squares problem embedded in it, and look at the convergence properties."
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:wpi.edu/oai:digitalcommons.wpi.edu:etd-dissertations-1378 |
| Date | 09 September 2009 |
| Creators | Ni, Peng |
| Contributors | Homer F. Walker, Advisor, , |
| Publisher | Digital WPI |
| Source Sets | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations (All Dissertations, All Years) |
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