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Magic Mountain and Devil's Staircase swapping problems

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Two open questions concerning additivity problems in theoretical chemistry have been posed in this article. Each question involves swapping of the square root function (in the formula for the zero-point energy of a linear oscillator) with a highly irregular function. Global contextualization of molecular problems and function swapping are indispensable strategies in tackling additivity problems in theoretical chemistry.

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Arimoto, S. Magic Mountain and Devil's Staircase swapping problems. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 27, 213–217 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026476203651

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