Converger

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, converges.
  2. 2
    A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
  3. 3
    An iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.

    "In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions."

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"In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions."

Etymology

From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.

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