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[abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles.

From: Hongsheng Zhao <zhaohscas@yahoo.com.cn>
To: "forum@abinit.org" <forum@abinit.org>
Subject: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:46:12 +0800
Organization: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Hi all,

Some times we say ab initio, sometimes first principles. Actually,
I find the difference of these two phrases are often the same meanings in
many papers. But the fact may be not the case, who can give some hints on
the differences between ab initio and first principles?

Regards,
--
Hongsheng Zhao <zhaohscas@yahoo.com.cn>
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493
2008-12-21

[abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., Hongsheng Zhao, 12/21/2008
- Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., Adam Sorini, 12/21/2008
- Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., asa aravindh, 12/22/2008
  - {Spam?} Re[2]: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., Hongsheng Zhao, 12/22/2008
- Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., lan haiping, 12/22/2008
- Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., Anglade Pierre-Matthieu, 12/22/2008
- Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles., Josef Zwanziger, 12/22/2008