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 | | The term theoretical chemistry may be defined as a mathematical description of chemistry, whereas computational chemistry is usually used when a mathematical method is sufficiently well developed that it can be automated for implementation on a computer. |
 | | In theoretical chemistry, chemists and physicists together develop algorithms and computer programs to predict atomic and molecular properties and reaction paths for chemical reactions. |
 | | The programs used in computational chemistry are based on many different quantum-chemical methods that solve the molecular Schrödinger equation associated with the molecular Hamiltonian. |
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