ASSIGNMENTS - Spring 2008
 
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Assignment date To be completed by: Assignment
Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Become familiar with UNIX and vi
Jan. 22 Jan. 29

Become familiar with Spartan and GaussView

Reading - Read Chapter 1 and 2 of "Introduction to Computational Chemistry" by Frank Jensen. (On reserve in the library)

Jan. 29 Feb. 5

Become familiar with z-matrices

Reading - Appendix B of your text about z-matrices

Reading - Read Chapter 1 entitled "The Development of Computational Chemistry in the United States" by John D. Bolcer and Robert B. Herman, from a book entitled "Reviews in Computational Chemistry", Ed. Kenny B. Lipkowitz and Donald B. Boyd, v. 5 (VCH Publishers, New York, 1994).  Focus upon pages 1-20 and the epilogue; skip all the budget/funding/ creation of organizations stuff!