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"Ab initio" is a Latin term. From what I
know this means "from the beginning" (solving from first
principles, i.e., without approximations (strongly differening
> from empirical or semiempirical approaches)).
Best wishes,
M. Gonzalez
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:36
PM
Subject: CCL: origin of ab initio
Actually, Lou Allinger of Molecular Mechanics fame claims
that "ab initio"
is a Latin term that means "very
expensive."
Cheers,
John McKelvey
On Dec 12, 2007 4:30 AM, Christoph Etzlstorfer
christoph.etzlstorfer . jku.at < owner-chemistry]![ccl.net>
wrote:
There is a story about that in Michael J.S. Dewars biography "A
semiempirical life", American Chemical Society, 1992, p. 129.
Best regards
Christoph
Dear CCLers;
I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me who
used the term of "ab initio
calculations" first.
Thank you very much for your kind
attention.
Best wishes,
Tommy
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Tommy Ohyun Kwon, Ph.D
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta Georgia, 30332
the strange characters on the top line to the ,+,
sign. You can also
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