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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Chemical Education and Careers => Topic started by: SheffieldWednesday4ever on December 02, 2011, 11:44:35 PM

Title: Computational chemists, which math courses would help in developing functionals?
Post by: SheffieldWednesday4ever on December 02, 2011, 11:44:35 PM

I've been starting them as my project, but it seems like lots of higher level Linear Algebra gets me confuses. To be good at developing XC's, would you advise any of applied mathematics, Linear Algebra, Pure mathematics, etc?
Or is just practice, and it will eventually come?

Title: Re: Computational chemists, which math courses would help in developing functionals?
Post by: Jorriss on March 07, 2012, 12:58:47 AM

It certainly wouldn't hurt to get a linear algebra book, such as Axler.

Is this for an UG or graduate project?