Abstract. We describe some recent mathematical results in constructing computational methods that lead to the development of fast and accurate multiresolution numerical methods for solving problems in computational chemistry (the so-called multiresolution quantum chemistry).

Using low separation rank representations of functions and operators and representations in multiwavelet bases, we developed a multiscale solution method for integral and differential equations and integral transforms. The Poisson equation and the Schrodinger equation, the projector on the divergence free functions, provide important examples with a wide range of applications in computational chemistry, computational electromagnetic and fluid dynamics.

We have implemented these ideas that include adaptive representations of operators and functions in the multiwavelet basis and low separation rank approximation of operators and functions. These methods have been implemented into a software package called Multiresolution Adaptive Numerical Evaluation for Scientific Simulation (MADNESS).