Richard Terrett

Australia

http://eutactic.wordpress.com

grad student, computational quantum chemistry

Interests include chemistry, high performance computing, graphics, art, typesetting, programming (python, Java, C#, XAML)

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Why is arsenous acid denoted H3AsO3?

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Molecular orbital diagrams in LaTeX?

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Why is this n with tilde disappearing in a BibTeX reference?

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What makes a radical 'free'?

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What is antisymmetric exchange? What is J-strain? Where does it come from?

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Pros and cons of Cartesian vs. Z-matrix representations of molecules?

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What is the gold standard of package documentation?

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What is natural bond orbital theory used for?

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Evolutionary origin and exogenous cues of ~28 day infradian rhythm?

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When simulating spectral line broadening, which convolution is preferred?

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