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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
                   School of Computational Sciences
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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          Density Functional Theory - What Kind of a Theory is it?

                           Dale D. Koelling  
     Office of Science, US Department of Energy, Germantown, MD

C. Vosko often started his talks with the observation: "There are only three
reasons to study DFT: Correlation, correlation, correlation!"  Yet, its
applications are often referred to as the single particle picture and, in
spite of its spectacular successes, people often cheerfully refer to the
failure of the single particle picture or DFT.  By examining an overview of
the theory, we will identify some of the places where choices made or
misapplications cause trouble.  I hope to convince you that Density
Functional Theory is a lot more robust than generally believed, but also
more intricate.  

                         October 24, 4:30 pm
               Room 206, Science & Tech. I, Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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