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# Project Name
# pymf
## Research Goal
`pymf` is a Python package for numerical self-consistent mean-field calculations in tight-binding systems using Hartree-Fock approximation. Its interface is designed to allow users to control cost functions and numerical solvers. Additionally, it has an interface with [`Kwant`](https://kwant-project.org/) for simple construction of tight-binding models.
## Research Plan
## Installation
## Working on this project
Configure the project by running
```
pip install pymf
```
./setup
## Usage
The algorithm consists of a few simple steps. We exemplify with the one-dimensional Hubbard model with two atoms per unit cell.
1. Define the Hamiltonian
```python
# Hopping matrix
hopp = np.kron(np.array([[0, 1], [0, 0]]), np.eye(2))
# Non-interacting Hamiltonian
h_0 = {(0,): hopp + hopp.T.conj(), (1,): hopp, (-1,): hopp.T.conj()}
# Interacting Hamiltonian
U=2
s_x = np.array([[0, 1], [1, 0]])
h_int = {(0,): U * np.kron(np.eye(2), s_x),}
```
2. Combine non-interacting and interacting Hamiltonians into a model.
```python
# Number of electrons per unit cell
filling = 2
# Define model
model = pymf.Model(h_0, h_int, filling)
```
3. Compute the groundstate Hamiltonian.
```python
# Generate a random guess
guess = pymf.generate_guess(frozenset(h_int), ndof=4)
# Compute groundstate Hamiltonian
gs_hamiltonian = pymf.solver(model, guess, nk=nk)
```
# Citing `pymf`
We provide `pymf` as a free software under BSD license. If you have used `pymf` for work that has lead to a scientific publication, please mention the fact that you used it explicitly in the text body. For example, you may add
> the numerical calculations were performed using the pymf code
to the description of your numerical calculations. In addition, we ask you to cite the Zenodo repository:
```
zenodo red here
```
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