Full configuration interaction

Full configuration interaction[1] (or full CI) is a linear variational approach which provides numerically exact solutions (within the infinitely flexible complete basis set) to the electronic time-independent, non-relativistic Schrödinger equation.[2]

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  2. ^ Foresman, James B.; Æleen Frisch (1996). Exploring Chemistry with Electronic Structure Methods (2nd ed.). Pittsburgh, PA: Gaussian Inc. pp. 266, 278–283. ISBN 0-9636769-3-8.