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Efficient algorithm for expanding theoretical electron densities in canterakis–zernike functions
Author(s) -
UrquizaCarvalho Gabriel A.,
Rocha Gerd B.,
López Rafael
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.25376
Subject(s) - computation , spherical harmonics , zernike polynomials , algorithm , invariant (physics) , gaussian , atomic orbital , dimension (graph theory) , mathematics , electron , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , combinatorics , wavefront
An algorithm for the efficient computation of Canterakis–Zernike moments of theoretically computed molecular electron densities and rotationally invariant Fingerprint indices derived from them is reported. The algorithm is suitable for any density expressed in terms of Gaussian‐ or Slater‐type functions within the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals framework at any level of computation. Electron density is expressed as a one‐center expansion of real regular spherical harmonics times radial factors by means of translation techniques, which facilitates the efficient computation of the moments in terms of a single one‐dimension numerical integration. The performance of the algorithm is analyzed showing that the computation of radial factors in the quadrature points is responsible for almost all computational time. The procedure is applicable to any density obtained with standard packages for molecular structure calculations. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.