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by chevman 1055 days ago
How so? Just a function of all the different atoms and sub-atomic particles interacting?
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I'll link to another reply of mine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36966474

The "just a function of" is a non-trivial problem. Given a single set of elements you want to "try out" results in a huge global optimization problem to find the set of stable structures (low energy). When aided by experimental data it becomes a tractable problem.