ASSIGNMENTS - Spring 2010
 
 This will be updated throughout the semester.

Assignment date

To be completed by:

Assignment

Jan. 18

Jan. 25

1.      Become familiar with UNIX and vipractice!

2.      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!  

(On reserve in the Science library, listed under CHEM 5660 at the Reserve Desk.)

Jan. 25

Feb. 1

1.      Become familiar with Spartan and GaussView

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

Feb. 1

Feb. 8

1.      Become familiar with z-matrices

2.      Reading - Appendix B of your text about z-matrices