Symmetric orthogonalisation in momentum space: A numerical study

Summary Symmetric orthogonalisation is favourable to perform in momentum space, as this article will show. We have used a model of a body centered cubic lattice with 1s- and 2s-Slater orbitals centered at each atom site. Computer programs have been written to calculate the eigenvalues of the overlap matrix which play an important role in constructing symmetrically orthogonalised wavefunctions.