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:<math>v_{xc}^{\mathrm{LDA}}(\mathbf{r}) = \frac{\delta E^{\mathrm{LDA}}}{\delta\rho(\mathbf{r})} = \epsilon_{xc}(\rho(\mathbf{r})) + \rho(\mathbf{r})\frac{\partial \epsilon_{xc}(\rho(\mathbf{r}))}{\partial\rho(\mathbf{r})}.</math>
In finite systems, the LDA potential decays asymptotically with an exponential form. This is in error; the true exchange-correlation potential decays much slower in a Coulombic manner. The artificially rapid decay manifests itself in the number of Kohn-Sham orbitals the potential can bind (that is, how many orbitals have energy less than zero). The LDA potential can not support a Rydberg series and those states it does bind are too high in energy. This results in the [[HOMO]] energy being too high in energy, so that any predictions for the [[ionization potential]] based on [[Koopman's theorem]] are poor. Further, the LDA provides a poor description of electron-rich species such as [[anion]]s where it is often unable to bind an additional electron, erroneously predicating species to be unstable.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fiolhais|first=Carlos|coauthors=Nogueira, Fernando; Marques Miguel|title=A Primer in Density Functional Theory|publisher=Springer|date=2003|pages=60|isbn=978-3-540-03083-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Perdew|first=J. P. |coauthors=Zunger, Alex |date=1981|title=Self-interaction correction to density-functional approximations for many-electron systems|journal=Phys. Rev. B|volume=23|issue=10|pages=5048–5079|doi=10.1103/PhysRevB.23.5048 }}</ref>
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