converger

Meanings

nounconverger (plural convergers)

One who, or that which, converges.
Antonyms: diverger
educationA learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
chiefly quantum chemistryAn iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.
In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions.
2022, Benjamin Helmich-Paris, “A trust-region augmented Hessian implementation for state-specific and state-averaged CASSCF wave functions”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 156, number 20, →DOI, abstract

nounOne who, or that which, converges.

Opposite

From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.

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