Dear all,<br><br>I have a general question about the symmetry in the Quantum espresso program.<br><br>For quantities such as the Hellmann-Feynman forces and the stress tensor, why do we need to divide they by the total number of symmetry operations.<br>
<br>Dose it mean that any quantity reported in an electronic structure code is an average value?<br><br>Thank you.<br><br>Andy Lau<br><br>Hong Kong<br><br><br>