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

From: "Adam Sorini" <asorini@gmail.com>
To: forum@abinit.org
Subject: Re: [abinit-forum] ab initio vs. first principles.
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:24:09 -0800
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"ab initio" is a Latin phrase and the literal meaning is "from the beginning". In scientific usage the meaning is the same as "first principles", as far as I know. Here is a link that may be of some use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab_initio

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Hongsheng Zhao <zhaohscas@yahoo.com.cn> wrote:

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,
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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