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The solution of eigenproblems is often a key computational bottleneck that limits the tractable system size of numerical algorithms, among them electronic structure theory in chemistry and in condensed matter physics. Large eigenproblems…

The present paper describes a parallel unstructured-mesh Plasma simulation code based on Finite Volume method. The code dynamically refines and coarses mesh for accurate resolution of the different features regarding the electron density.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-26 Imad Kissami , Souhail Maazioui , Fayssal Benkhaldoun

A novel parallel hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for the solution of the quantum-chemical ground-state energy problem on gate-based quantum computers is presented. This approach is based on the reduced density-matrix functional theory…

Given a set of Kohn-Sham orbitals from an insulating system, we present a simple, robust, efficient and highly parallelizable method to construct a set of, optionally orthogonal, localized basis functions for the associated subspace. Our…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-11-05 Anil Damle , Lin Lin , Lexing Ying

In \emph{Wang et al., A Shifted Laplace Rational Filter for Large-Scale Eigenvalue Problems}, the SLRF method was proposed to compute all eigenvalues of a symmetric definite generalized eigenvalue problem lying in an interval on the real…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Biyi Wang , Karl Meerbergen , Raf Vandebril , Hengbin An , Zeyao Mo

The implementation of the orbital minimization method (OMM) for solving the self-consistent Kohn-Sham (KS) problem for electronic structure calculations in a basis of non-orthogonal numerical atomic orbitals of finite-range is reported. We…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-02-06 Fabiano Corsetti

The iterative diagonalization of a sequence of large ill-conditioned generalized eigenvalue problems is a computational bottleneck in quantum mechanical methods employing a nonorthogonal basis for {\em ab initio} electronic structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-08-13 Yunfeng Cai , Zhaojun Bai , John E. Pask , N. Sukumar

Continuum solvation models are becoming increasingly relevant in condensed matter simulations, allowing to characterize materials interfaces in the presence of wet electrified environments at a reduced computational cost with respect to all…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Gabriel Medrano , Edan Bainglass , Oliviero Andreussi

Quantum harmonic oscillators, or qumodes, provide a promising and versatile framework for quantum computing. Unlike qubits, which are limited to two discrete levels, qumodes have an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space, making them…

Routine applications of electronic structure theory to molecules and periodic systems need to compute the electron density from given Hamiltonian and, in case of non-orthogonal basis sets, overlap matrices. System sizes can range from few…

We present a new empirical pseudopotential (EPM) calculation approach to simulate the million atom nanostructured semiconductor devices under potential bias using the periodic boundary conditions. To treat the non-equilibrium condition,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Xiang-Wei Jiang , Shu-Shen Li , Jian-Bai Xia , Lin-Wang Wang

This review discusses progress in efficient solvers which have as their foundation a representation in real space, either through finite-difference or finite-element formulations. The relationship of real-space approaches to linear-scaling…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 Thomas L. Beck

It is significant and challenging to solve eigenvalue problems of partial differential operators when many highly accurate eigenpair approximations are required. The adaptive finite element discretization based parallel orbital-updating…

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The study of fractional order differential operators is receiving renewed attention in many scientific fields. In order to accommodate researchers doing work in these areas, there is a need for highly scalable numerical methods for solving…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Max Carlson , Robert M. Kirby , Hari Sundar

In this paper, we present a finite element method (FEM) framework enhanced by an operator-adapted wavelet decomposition algorithm designed for the efficient analysis of multiscale electromagnetic problems. Usual adaptive FEM approaches,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 F. Şık , F. L. Teixeira , B. Shanker

We present a subspace projection technique to conduct large-scale Kohn-Sham density functional theory calculations using spectral finite-element discretization. The proposed method treats both metallic and insulating materials in a single…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-10-26 Phani Motamarri , Vikram Gavini

We review two common numerical schemes for Coulomb potential evaluation that differ only in their radial part of the solutions in the spherical harmonic expansion (SHE). One is based on finite-difference method (FDM) while the other is…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 Po-Hao Chang , Zachary Buschmann , Rajendra R. Zope

The modeling of atmospheric processes in the context of weather and climate simulations is an important and computationally expensive challenge. The temporal integration of the underlying PDEs requires a very large number of time steps,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-03 Francois P. Hamon , Martin Schreiber , Michael L. Minion

The linear response eigenvalue problem, which arises from many scientific and engineering fields, is quite challenging numerically for large-scale sparse/dense system, especially when it has zero eigenvalues. Based on a direct sum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Yu Li , Zijing Wang , Yong Zhang

Conventional classical solvers are commonly used for solving matrix equation systems resulting from the discretization of SIEs in computational electromagnetics (CEM). However, the memory requirement would become a bottleneck for classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Rui Chen , Teng-Yang Ma , Meng-Han Dou , Chao-Fu Wang