GAUSSIAN
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Generally, the word gaussian pertains to Carl Friedrich Gauss and his ideas.
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GAUSSIAN is a computational chemistry software program was first written by John Pople. The name originates from Pople's use of Gaussian orbitals to speed up calculations compared to those using Slater-type orbitals. The practice improved performance on slower computer hardware and facilitated the growth of computational chemistry, particularly ab initio methods such as Hartree-Fock. Gaussian's copyright was originally held by Carnegie Mellon University, and later by Gaussian, Inc.
Gaussian quickly became one of the most popular and widely-used computational chemistry packages. Prof. Pople and his research group were among those who pushed the development of the package, including cutting-edge research in quantum chemistry and other fields.
Banned by GUASSIAN
A number of prominent scientists, including some of those who originally wrote substantial parts of the GAUSSIAN code, who claim to be banned by Gaussian Inc. from ever using the software. In most cases, howver, the scientist in question actually writes code for a competing company, and GAUSSIAN, Inc. has declined to provide its source code to these individuals. Moreover, creators of Gaussian point out that they publish their algorithms, making them part of the public domain and accessible to others.
External links
- Gaussian Homepage (http://www.gaussian.com/)
- Banned by Gaussian Homepage (http://www.bannedbygaussian.org)
- Response to Banned by Gaussian by Gaussian Inc. (http://www.gaussian.com/libel.htm)