<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 3:13 PM Offermans Willem <<a href="mailto:willem.offermans@vito.be">willem.offermans@vito.be</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">During the optimisations, the system loses its S2 symmetry. This is not logical to my opinion. If I put a system with S2 symmetry in and perform a geometry optimisation, how can this symmetry disappear.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>it doesn't, unless either the symmetry wasn't recognized from the beginning, or one optimizes under symmetry-breaking constraints, or in some unfortunate cases of buildup of numerical noise. Plain structural optimization (at fixed cell) of your system does not break anything. <br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Paolo<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Paolo Giannozzi, Dip. Scienze Matematiche Informatiche e Fisiche,<br>Univ. Udine, via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy<br>Phone +39-0432-558216, fax +39-0432-558222<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>