Density functional theory (DFT) tells us that any property of an interacting system is a functional of the ground-state electronic density. The Kohn-Sham scheme has made DFT a practical computational tool to study the electronic structure of materials. The main quantity that needs to be approximated is the exchange correlation (xc) potential. In the local density approximation (LDA), the real system is treated locally as a homogeneous electrons gas (HEG) with a density equal to the local density of the real system. The xc potential is then imported locally from the HEG, which serves as a model. It has been obtained, once for all, by accurate quantum Monte Carlo calculations (QMC) of the HEG at various densities. These calculations contribut...