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Four density functionals — including that recently introduced by Perdew ((1986) Phys Rev B33: 8822)—are tested for first-row atoms, hydrides and dimers. Calculated contributions of the correlation energy to the ionization potentials and electron affinities of atoms and to the dissociation energies of molecules are compared with “empirical” values which were reevaluated for this purpose. An improvement over Hartree-Fock is found in all cases if the self-interaction or the gradient correction are included in the density functional, although there is a rather large variation in the accuracy of the predictions.
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Savin, A., Stoll, H. & Preuss, H. An application of correlation energy density functionals to atoms and molecules. Theoret. Chim. Acta 70, 407–419 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00531922
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