Wolf summation explained
The Wolf summation is a method for computing the electrostatic interactions of systems (e.g. crystals). This method is generally more computationally efficient than the Ewald summation. It was proposed by Dieter Wolf.[1]
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Notes and References
- ref1. D. Wolf. P. Keblinski. S R. Phillpot. J. Eggebrecht. Exact method for the simulation of Coulombic systems by spherically truncated, pairwise r^-1 summation. J. Chem. Phys.. 110. 1999. 17. 8254. 10.1063/1.478738 . 1999JChPh.110.8254W .