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The determination of SCF LCAO solutions for open shell configurations

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A series of calculations has been carried out using the McWeeny and Roothaan Open Shell methods for determining LCAO-SCF solutions. The work reported here suggests that in order to obtain convergence to the absolute minimum with the McWeeny method it is often necessary to provide a very good initial approximation and that the rate of convergence could be improved by replacing the Steepest Descent by a more powerful minimization technique. Further the Roothaan method does not converge in all cases considered and it appears that Extrapolation techniques accelerate convergence but do not induce convergence in cases displaying oscillatory behaviour.

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LCAO-SCF-Rechnungen an offenen Schalen wurden nach den Methoden von Roothaan und McWeeny durchgeführt. Um bei dem McWeenyschen Verfahren Konvergenz zum absoluten Minimum zu erhalten, ist oft eine schon sehr gute Anfangsnäherung nötig. Die Methode des steilsten Abstiegs ist keineswegs optimal. Extrapolationsmethoden können wohl eine Konvergenz beschleunigen, nicht aber das beim Roothaan-Verfahren manchmal auftretende Oszillieren unterdrücken.

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On a exécuté des calculs LCAO SCF en couches ouvertes avec les méthodes de Roothaan et de McWeeny. Dans la méthode de McWeeny il est souvent nécessaire d'avoir une bonne approximation initiale, pour obtenir une convergence vers le minimum absolu. La méthode de descente le plus escarpé n'est pas optimale. Les méthodes d'extrapolation peuvent accélérer la convergence en effet, mais ils ne suppriment pas l'oscillation, qui arrive quelquefois dans la méthode de Roothaan.

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Sleeman, D.H. The determination of SCF LCAO solutions for open shell configurations. Theoret. Chim. Acta 11, 135–144 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184320

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