Transformation from Rogers-Young approximation to the density functional approach for nonuniform fluids: numerical

S Zhou1

  • 1Research Institute of Modern Statistical Mechanics, Zhuzhou Institute of Technology, Wenhua Road, Zhuzhou City, 412008, People's Republic of China. chixiayzsq@yahoo.com

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