Strategies for an efficient implementation of the Gauss-Bessel quadrature for the evaluation of multicenter integral

Stefan Duret1, Ahmed Bouferguene, Hassan Safouhi

  • 1Campus Saint Jean, University of Alberta, 8406 - 91 Street, Edmonton, T6C 4G9, Canada.

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