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Minnesota functionals
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<p>Minnesota Functionals (M<i>yz</i>) are a group of highly parameterized approximate <a href="/facts/Exchange_interaction/orogl7qP">exchange</a>-<a href="/facts/Electron_correlation/1XpBFce2">correlation</a> energy <a href="/facts/Functional_(mathematics)/3Cp3PHBR">functionals</a> in <a href="/facts/Density_functional_theory/wwz4Gqdg">density functional theory</a> (DFT). They are developed by the group of <a href="/facts/Donald_Truhlar/rqUQ69Kd">Donald Truhlar</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Minnesota/vN1uQvP5">University of Minnesota</a>. The Minnesota functionals are available in a large number of popular <a href="/facts/Quantum_chemistry_computer_programs/WpF4uoKD">quantum chemistry computer programs</a>, and can be used for traditional <a href="/facts/Quantum_chemistry/H9AXV0lx">quantum chemistry</a> and solid-state physics calculations. </p><p>These functionals are based on the <a href="/facts/Density_functional_theory/wwz4Gqdg">meta-GGA approximation</a>, i.e. they include terms that depend on the kinetic energy density, and are all based on complicated functional forms parametrized on high-quality benchmark databases. The M<i>yz</i> functionals are widely used and tested in the <a href="/facts/Quantum_chemistry/H9AXV0lx">quantum chemistry</a> community. </p>