converger
nounEtymology From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.
1
One who, or that which, converges.
2
Education A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
3
An iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.
Chiefly quantum chemistry
- In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions.2022, Benjamin Helmich-Paris, “A trust-region augmented Hessian implementation for state-specific and state-averaged CASSCF wave functions”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 156, number 20, →DOI, abstract: