Parallel Calculation of the Electron Correlation Energy

Abstract

Calculation of electron correlation energy in molecules involves a very important computational effort, even in the simplest cases. Nowadays, using the new parallel libraries (PETSc and SLEPc) and MPI, we can resolve this calculation faster and with very big molecules. This result is a very important advance in chemical computation.

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Ramos, E. (2014) Parallel Calculation of the Electron Correlation Energy. Open Access Library Journal, 1, 1-15. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1100411.

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