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Generic semi-analytical energy gradients are derived and implemented for NDDO-type methods, by using numerical integral and Fock matrix derivatives in the context of an otherwise analytical approach for configuration interaction (CI) and other non-variational treatments. The correctness, numerical precision, and performance of this hybrid approach are established through comparisons with fully numerical and fully analytical calculations. The semi-analytical evaluation of the CI gradient is generally much faster than the fully numerical computation, but somewhat slower than a fully analytical calculation, which however shows the same scaling behavior. It is the method of choice whenever a fully analytical CI gradient is not available due to the lack of analytical integral derivatives. The implementation is generic in the sense that it can easily be extended to any new NDDO-type Hamiltonian. The present development of a semi-analytical CI gradient will facilitate studies of electronically excited states with recently proposed NDDO methods that include orthogonalization corrections.
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Dedicated to Professor Karl Jug on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Patchkovskii, S., Koslowski, A. & Thiel, W. Generic implementation of semi-analytical CI gradients for NDDO-type methods. Theor Chem Acc 114, 84–89 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-005-0647-y
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