Article ID: CBB001211766

Hartree and Thomas: The Forefathers of Density Functional Theory (2013)

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Douglas Hartree and Hilleth Thomas were graduate students together at Cambridge University in the mid-1920s. Each developed an important approximation method to calculate the electronic structure of atoms. Each went on to make significant contributions to numerical analysis and to the development of scientific computing. Their early efforts were fused in the mid-1960s with the development of an approach to the many-particle problem in quantum mechanics called density functional theory. This paper discusses the experiences which led Hartree and Thomas to their approximations, outlines the similarities in their subsequent careers, and highlights the essential role their work played in the foundational papers of modern density functional theory.

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Authors & Contributors
Bernardini, Carlo
Rodgers, Glen E.
Josh Hunt
Oswald, Nicola M. R.
Taylor, Michael W.
Stuewer, Roger H.
Concepts
Atomic structure
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Mathematics
Quantum mechanics
Functions (mathematics)
Physics
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
Italy
North America
Finland
Europe
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