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Date: 29 Apr 88 18:25:02 GMT
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Matt facetiously asks how they calculate the mass of the electron.
In the book "Information Mechanics", the author (Kantor) does in
fact calculate, among other things, the mass of the electron. He
uses hybrid methods derived from information theory. I asked about
a year ago without any firm response: is Kantor's work now mainstream,
discredited, or what? The book is about ten years old.

P.S> Mike, thanks for the note about ab initio chemistry...apparently
my informant was not as well informed as I had thought.

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