Home › Forums › density functional theory › XC-functional › Jacob’s ladder This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 1 day, 11 hours ago by ellen. Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts October 11, 2025 at 12:59 pm #13554 ellenParticipant Jacob’s ladder is a strategy for developing improved XC-functionals. Moving up each rung gives a better approximation to the exact “divine” functional which is achieved by adding more complexity to the previous functional. Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In