The energy results of an accurate configuration-interaction calculation of the ground state of C are reported. Special emphasis is placed on the quantitative assessment of all sources of truncation errors. In this way, the nonrelativistic energy is estimated to be -37.8436 +0.0015 a.u. (C), in agreement with previous estimates obtained by different methods. Nesbet's calculation is interpreted in the light of the present results.
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