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The calculation could also be run on AWS for about $250,000.  The code is not terribly efficient, so another idea is to optimize the Gr\u00f6bner basis code, which should be more efficient.  Another possibility is to study the problem theoretically in order to predict which ansatzen are required to find the solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After validating my basic approach to solving Schr\u00f6dinger&#8217;s equation by discovering a new pseudo-solution to hydrogen, I spent several months developing code that can handle helium&#8217;s ground state using parallelization. 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