collaborators

5 papers

math-ph2026

Numerical computation of the density of states of aperiodic multiscale Schrödinger operators

Eric Cancès, Daniel Massatt, Long Meng +2

Computing the electronic structure of incommensurate materials is a central challenge in condensed matter physics, requiring efficient ways to approximate spectral quantities such…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Geometric Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

Éric Cancès, Théo Duez, Jari van Gog +3

We provide a new formulation of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) based on the geometric structure of the set of states constrained to have a fixed density. Orbital-…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Geometric theory of constrained Schrödinger dynamics with application to time-dependent density-functional theory on a finite lattice

Eric Cancès, Théo Duez, Jari van Gog +3

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is a central tool for studying the dynamical electronic structure of molecules and solids, yet aspects of its mathematical foundati…

physics.chem-ph2026

Critical point search and linear response theory for computing electronic excitation energies of molecular systems. Part II. CASSCF

Laura Grazioli, Yukuan Hu, Tommaso Nottoli +2

The computation of excited states within the Complete Active Space Self-Consistent Field (CASSCF) framework remains a significant challenge in quantum chemistry, both theoretically…

math.OC2026

A quadratic Grassmann manifold optimization problem arising from quantum embedding methods

Thomas Ayral, Eric Cancès, Fabian M. Faulstich +2

This article presents a mathematical analysis and numerical strategies for solving the optimization problem of minimizing the quadratic function $J(P) = \text{Tr}(BP)- \frac{1}{2}…