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The 34 pages that link to Density functional theory, each with the reason it gives.

• Valence bond theoryCompared with: It provides a modern computational alternative to localized valence-bond wavefunction models.

• Hartree–Fock methodCompared with: It is a widely used alternative to Hartree–Fock for practical electronic-structure calculations.

• Tight-binding modelCompared with: It can derive material-specific electronic structure beyond a chosen tight-binding parameterization.

• Molecular mechanicsCompared with: It can describe electronic rearrangements that fixed-parameter molecular mechanics cannot.

• Nearly-free-electron modelCompared with: It offers a more general computational route to band structures than this perturbative model.

• John PopleCompared with: It became a major alternative to the wavefunction-based methods central to Pople’s work.

• Koopmans' theoremCompared with: Its orbital energies are often compared with Koopmans estimates, though the formal relation differs.

• Lattice models in condensed matterCompared with: It treats material-specific electrons directly rather than starting from a simplified lattice Hamiltonian.

• Many-body techniquesCompared with: It often replaces explicit many-body wavefunctions with a more economical density description.

• Modern valence bond theoryCompared with: It offers a widely used alternative to explicit wavefunction expansions in molecular calculations.

• Molecular modellingCompared with: It models electrons explicitly, unlike the classical force-field approach.