Subject: PAULING POINT--ORIGIN OF TERM

From: "E. Lewars" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:30:32 -0500 (EST)

1998 Nov 25

Hello,

    The term _Pauling point_ is sometimes used for a calculation that gives a
good result because errors cancel out--for example, you might get
better-than-expected energies or geometries for HF/STO-3G calculations. See
for example _Reviews in Computational Chemistry_ Vol. 5, pp. 109, 159.

 QUESTION: Who originated this term? Is the Pauling Linus Pauling?

       Thanks
        E. Lewars
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