The following list is for reference only and students are not required to read before the start of the summer school.
[Bar] S. Baroni, S. De Gironcoli, A. Dal Corso and P. Giannozzi, Phonons and related crystal properties from density-functional perturbation theory, Reviews of Modern Physics 73, 515 (2001)
(Review on density functional perturbation theory)
[Bow] D. Bowler and T. Miyazaki, O(N) methods in electronic structure calculations, Reports on Progress in Physics, 75, 036503 (2012)
(Review on linear scaling methods for density functional theory)
[Bur] K. Burke, ABC of DFT
Available online http://dft.uci.edu/research.php#theabcofdft
Chap 1-8
(Basic concepts of electronic structure theory from a theoretical chemists’ viewpoint)
[Gus] S. Gustafson and I. Sigal, Mathematical Concepts of Quantum Mechanics
Chap 1-8
(Rigorous treatment of basic concepts in quantum mechanics)
[Kax] E. Kaxiras, Atomic and Electronic Structure of Solids
Appendix B. Elements of quantum mechanics
(A crash course on quantum mechanics needed for electronic structure theory)
[Mar] R. Martin, Electronic structure: basic theory and practical methods
Chap 6.1-6.3, 7.1-7.2, 9.1-9.7 (Kohn-Sham density functional theory)
(Classical reference for electronic structure theory)
[Ree] M. Reed and B. Simon, Functional Analysis, Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics, vol. 1
(Classical reference for functional analysis with applications in quantum mechanics)