Comment on "Canonical transcorrelated theory with projected Slater-type geminals" [J. Chem. Phys. 136, 084107 (2012)]

TL;DR

This paper critiques and clarifies the formalism of a previous transcorrelated theory, correcting errors, discussing unspecified aspects, and providing reference results to aid future research in the field.

Contribution

It identifies errors in the original formalism, clarifies overlooked details, and supplies reference data to support correct implementation.

Findings

Errors in the original formalism are corrected.

Unspecified aspects of the original work are clarified.

Reference numerical results are provided for validation.

Abstract

This Comment identifies errors in the formalism/implementation reported in Ref. 1 and discusses some aspects of that work that were not fully specified in the original publication. This Comment also provides reference numerical results for a simple system to ease future implementation of the approach by other researchers.