A Diagonally Updated Limited-Memory Quasi-Newton Method for the Weighted Density Approximation

Among the various types of approximations to the exchange–correlation energy ( EXC), the completely non-local approach is one of the lesser explored approximation schemes. It has not yet reached the predictive power of the widely used generalized gradient approximations, meta-generalized gradient approximations, hybrids, etc. In non-local functionals pursued here, the electron density at every point in space is employed to express the exchange–correlation energy per particle ϵXC(r) at a given position r. Here, we use the non-local, spherical-averaged density [Formula: see text] as a starting point to construct approximate exchange–correlation holes through the factorization ansatz ρXC(r, u) = f(r, u) ρ(r, u). We present upper and lower bounds to the exchange energy per particle ϵX(r) in terms of ρ(r, u). The factor f(r, u) is then designed to satisfy various conditions that represent important exchange and correlation effects. We assess the resulting approximations and find that the complex, oscillatory structure of ρ(r, u) makes the construction of a corresponding f(r, u) very challenging. This conclusion, identifying the main issue of the non-local approximation, is supported by a detailed analysis of the resulting exchange–correlation holes.

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A Diagonally Updated Limited-Memory Quasi-Newton Method for the Weighted Density Approximation

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