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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">To All (especially Eyvaz Isaev!):</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">When I look at the source code for bands_F</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">S, it seems unlikely that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the program</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> will handle a spin-p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">olarized</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">metallic</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">band structure (e.g., Ni</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I notice in Example 8, that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">its band structure is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">unpolarized</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> before applying bands_FS.x). </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">And</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> sure enough,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">if you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">re dumb and try anyway</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">it abends with a read error, probably because there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s twice the number of k-p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">oints</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> out there that it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> expect</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">If anyone out there wants to extend</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (or has extended)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Eyv</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">az</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> code, I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d be a willing alpha-tester.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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