Local MP2 by Pulay and Saebo

Convergence

The study of how the amplitude error decreases with iterations.

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Complexity

The study of how the calculation time scales with the model increase. The expected problem complexity in conventional MP2 is \(O(N^5)\) while this implementation of local MP2 should scale as \(O(N^3)\) where \(N\) is the number of atoms in the system.

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Errors in MP2 energies

Energies obtained with LMP2 compared to conventional MP2.

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