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Functional Derivative

Functional Derivative is a mathematical operator in the calculus of variations that generalizes the concept of a derivative to functionals, yielding the rate of change of a functional with respect to infinitesimal variations in its defining function.

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287

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Variational Derivative

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288

Density-Functional Theory of the Energy Gap

L. J. Sham, M. Schlüter · Physical Review Letters · 1983 · 1.9K citations

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Quasilocal energy and conserved charges derived from the gravitational action

J. Brown, James W. York · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1993 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Properties of boson-exchange superconductors

J. P. Ćarbotte · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1990 · 1.5K citations

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Finding Density Functionals with Machine Learning

John Snyder, Matthias Rupp, Katja Hansen et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2012 · 667 citations · Full text

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An Extension of Nonlinear Evolution Equations of the K-dV (mK-dV) Type to Higher Orders

Masaaki Ito · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 1980 · 376 citations

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Authors

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  1. VN
    Viktor N. Staroverov

    Western University, Canada

    7 publications · 309 citations

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  2. ML
    Mel Levy

    Tulane University, United States

    7 publications · 486 citations

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  3. VS
    Viraht Sahni

    City University of New York, United States

    6 publications · 245 citations

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  4. SZ
    Shunli Zhang

    Northwest University, China

    5 publications · 171 citations

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  5. AP
    Alex P. Gaiduk

    Western University, Canada

    5 publications · 183 citations

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Institutions

287

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    268 citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    666 citations

  3. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    506 citations

  5. Brooklyn College

    Brooklyn, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    506 citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. Tulane University

    New Orleans, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    761 citations

  8. Northwest University

    Xi'an, China

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    296 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    35 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 24 publications · 1K citations

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  3. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 12 publications · 373 citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 8 publications · 3K citations

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  5. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

    8 publications · 350 citations

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