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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For ArH+ (Argon hydride cation)


Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVQZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.000039 -0.003544 -0.010416 -0.002282 -0.009051 -0.009346 -0.009911 -0.053695 -0.053848 -0.019462 -0.005735 -0.032877 -0.064667 -0.065708
MP3=FULL         -0.008186   -0.011085              
Coupled Cluster CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.008304               -0.062842 -0.063887
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVQZ