not a classic simluation- a quantum simulation. This means they put a lot more work into representing the wave function of the simulation and modelling quantum effects.

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contemporary343 an hour ago | parent [-]

They used quantum espresso.. undergrads usually run this in certain classes: https://www.quantum-espresso.org They didn't do any work there.

	▲	dekhn 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You misunderstood what I said. I mean that quantum calcs are more computationally expensive than classical simulations ("more work"). I am not saying the authors of this blog did anything special.