Hartree and Thomas: the forefathers of density functional theory

DOI10.1007/s00407-013-0114-4zbMath1273.01036OpenAlexW2052601539MaRDI QIDQ354154

Andrew Zangwill

Publication date: 18 July 2013

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-013-0114-4

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsnumerical algorithmsanalog computersdigital computersDouglas HartreeLlewellyn Hilleth Thomas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of numerical analysis (65-03)

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