<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Axel,<br><br></div>Thanks for your reply!<br><br></div>I will try to understand and spent sometime learning what you suggested me to do.<br><br></div>Best regards and have a good day!<br>
</div>Haibei<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Axel Kohlmeyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:akohlmey@gmail.com" target="_blank">akohlmey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Sep 1, 2014 1:16 AM, "Haibei Huang" <<a href="mailto:haibeih@student.unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">haibeih@student.unimelb.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Axel,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your reply.<br>
><br>
> The truth is that I was trying to diagonalize a matrix made of a serials of Energies obtained by pw.x, while some of elements in the matrix is quite small (e.g. 10^-7 or 10-^8). Thus, I would like to know how many digits I could trust in Energies. Or at least I should keep the Energies and these small elements in the same scale, say 10^-8.<br>
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</div><p dir="ltr">For that, you do _not_ need more digits for exactly the reason I gave you. If you output more digits, you are just adding random numbers. Literally. </p><div class="">
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> Please let me know if you or anyone know how to change the code showing more digits in pw.x.</p>
</div><p dir="ltr">Many people know (including me). But why should anybody tell you, if what you want is a stupid thing? Have you talked about this with your adviser? </p>
<p dir="ltr">In general, please spent a little time learning about the systematic errors of DFT, the numerical precision of floating point numbers, the accuracy of a self-consistent calculation and error propagation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You should quickly see the folly of your request.<br></p><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<p dir="ltr">> Best regards<br>
> Haibei <br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <<a href="mailto:akohlmey@gmail.com" target="_blank">akohlmey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>><br>
>> On Aug 30, 2014 10:57 PM, "Haibei Huang" <<a href="mailto:haibeih@student.unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">haibeih@student.unimelb.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Dear All,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I am aware of that the QE will only show at most 8 digits after the decimal point in the output file, while more digits are needed in my calculation.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Could any of you provide a way to increase the number digits after the decimal point?<br>
>><br>
>> What is the point of using more digits, when the error is larger? You could just add random digits and have the same effect.<br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks for your time!<br>
>> > Looking forward to your reply!<br>
>> > Regards<br>
>> > Haibei<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
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