Actually, Lou Allinger of Molecular Mechanics fame claims that "ab initio"
is a Latin term that means "very expensive."
Cheers,
John McKelvey
There is a story about that in Michael J.S. Dewars biography "A semiempirical life", American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 129.Best regardsChristophAm 11.12.2007 um 03:13 schrieb Tommy Ohyun Kwon ohyun.kwon _ chemistry.gatech.edu:Sent to CCL by: Tommy Ohyun Kwon [ohyun.kwon . chemistry.gatech.edu]Dear CCLers;I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me who used the term of "ab initiocalculations" first.Thank you very much for your kind attention.Best wishes,Tommy--Tommy Ohyun Kwon, Ph.DSchool of Chemistry and BiochemistryGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta Georgia, 30332Email: ohyun.kwon]*[chemistry.gatech.eduthe strange characters on the top line to the ,+, sign. You can alsoE-mail to subscribers: CHEMISTRY,+,ccl.net or use:E-mail to administrators: CHEMISTRY-REQUEST,+,ccl.net or useSubscribe/Unsubscribe:Before posting, check wait time at: http://www.ccl.netSearch Messages: http://www.ccl.net/htdig (login: ccl, Password: search)####################################################***********************************************************Dr. Christoph Etzlstorfer Phone: *43-732-2468-8750Universitaet Linz Fax: *43-732-2468-8747####################################################