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arxiv: 1704.08832 · v1 · pith:WCZZDFFFnew · submitted 2017-04-28 · ⚛️ physics.comp-ph · physics.chem-ph

How Large is the Elephant in the Density Functional Theory Room?

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A recent paper compares density functional theory results for atomization energies and dipole moments using a multi-wavelet based method with traditional Gaussian basis set results, and concludes that Gaussian basis sets are problematic for achieving high accuracy. We show that by a proper choice of Gaussian basis sets they are capable of achieving essentially the same accuracy as the multi-wavelet approach, and identify a couple of possible problems in the multi-wavelet calculations.

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