Density Functionals for Many-Particle Systems: Mathematical Theory and Physical Applications of Effective Equations

by Berthold-Georg Englert (editor), Heinz Siedentop (Editor), Martin-Isbjörn Trappe (Editor)

Density Functional Theory (DFT) first established it's theoretical footing in the 1960s from the framework of Hohenberg-Kohn theorems. DFT has since seen much development in evaluation techniques as well as application in solving problems in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry.

This review volume, part of the IMS Lecture Notes Series, is a collection of contributions from the September 2019 Workshop on the topic, held in the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore.

With contributions from prominent Mathematicians, Physicists, and Chemists, the volume is a blend of comprehensive review articles on the Mathematical and the Physicochemical aspects of DFT and shorter contributions on particular themes, including numerical implementations.

The book will be a useful reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers.


Physicists, Mathematicians, and Chemists interested in learning about/who are using Density Functional Theory.

568 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 10, 2023

About the author

Berthold-Georg Englert is Provost's Chair Professor at the National University of Singapore, and Principal Investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies. In 2006, he was recognized for outstanding contributions to theoretical research on quantum coherence. B.-G. Englert's principal research interests concern applications in quantum information science, but he is also known for his early work on quantum optics together with Marlan Scully at Texas A&M University.

Berthold-Georg Englert was American Physical Society Outstanding Referee in 2008, and is presently the Scientific Secretary of the Julian Schwinger Foundation.

Berthold-Georg Englert obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Tubingen in 1981. He did post-doctoral research at the Technical University Munich and obtained his Dr. rer. nat. habil. in 1990.

He is the author of more than 160 publications in the fields of atomic, molecular and optical physics. His book Symbolism of Atomic Measurements is authoritative in the field of quantum mechanics.