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    <p><tt>Dear Ben,</tt></p>
    <p><tt>what is the E - E' difference you are referring to ? <br>
      </tt></p>
    <p><tt>Is it the difference between the two estimates of the energy
        ("total energy" and "Harris-Foulkes estimate") ?</tt></p>
    <p><tt>If so, the first is the expression of the TE from the
        variational principle and is an upper bound to the scf result
        (not exactly but it approaches to it as self consistency gets
        better), the second is a different expression proposed by Harris
        & Foulkes which is also stationary at scf... I don't
        remember if it is also variational from above or just
        stationary...</tt></p>
    <p><tt>anyhow they converge to the same value but are different and
        their difference can give an idea of how far one is from the scf
        results but is not a precise measure of it.</tt></p>
    <p><tt>stefano<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/19 19:01, Ben Comer wrote:<br>
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      <p>Stefano,</p>
      <p>Thanks for the details, I think we have the definitions sorted
        out. But why is the E - E' from the output file not
        approximately equal to the estimated SCF accuracy? It seemed
        there is always some multiplicative factor difference between
        1-20.<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/19 12:51 PM, Stefano de
        Gironcoli wrote:<br>
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        <p>Dear Ben,</p>
        <p>I think you are right on both accounts... thanks for pointing
          out the problem in eq A7<br>
        </p>
        <p>the equation in reciprocal space equivalent to  A6 and
          correctly coded in PW/src/scf_mod.f90 in function rho_ddot
          (lines ~450 - 490 )<br>
        </p>
        <p>0.5 4pi e^2 Omega \sum |Delta_rho|^2/|G|^2<br>
        </p>
        <p>it has the correct dimensions of      e^2 x [length^-1] <br>
        </p>
        <p>so A7 should be multiplied by Omega^2/2 to make it correct.</p>
        <p><br>
        </p>
        <p>The root of the equivalence between A6 and the (corected) A7
          is that  <br>
        </p>
        <p>\int exp(+iGr) 1/|r| d3r = 4pi/|G|^2;  rho(r) = \sum_G
          exp(+iGr) rho(G); and<br>
        </p>
        <p>\int exp(+i(G-G')r) d3r = Omega delta(G,G')</p>
        <p>where in the last term the integral is done over the unit
          cell because we are looking for a "per cell" quantity.</p>
        <p><br>
        </p>
        <p>best regards</p>
        <p>stefano</p>
        <p><br>
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        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/09/19 21:04, Ben Comer wrote:<br>
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          <p>I figured the code had to be correct, and are equations A.6
            and A.7 equivalent? It's not trivially obvious that they
            would be equal as one is an integral in real space whereas
            the other is an integral in reciprocal space. If they are
            the same it looks like A.7 might be missing the volume
            factor and a factor of 1/2.<br>
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          <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/27/19 2:28 AM, Paolo
            Giannozzi wrote:<br>
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              <div>The code is correct. Eq.A7 likely assumes that
                rho(G)=\int rho(r) exp(-iGr)dr, instead of the more
                usual definition rho(G)=(1/Omega) \int rho(r)
                exp(-iGr)dr
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              <div>Paolo<br>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at
                11:53 PM Ben Comer <<a
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                  <p>Dr. Giannozzi,</p>
                  <p>Per the conversation, I read through the rho_ddot
                    function. In line 490 of scf_mod.f90 it appears that
                    the volume, omega, is being multiplied rather than
                    divided as it is in equation A.7 I'm concerned that
                    one of the versions of these equations may be
                    incorrect. please let me know if I am under a
                    misapprehension.</p>
                  <p><a
                      href="https://github.com/QEF/q-e/blob/master/PW/src/scf_mod.f90#L490"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/QEF/q-e/blob/master/PW/src/scf_mod.f90#L490</a></p>
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                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep
                          26, 2019 at 9:44 PM Ben Comer <<a
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                            <p>Just a quick follow up, the text seems to
                              imply that A7 is used rather than A6. do
                              you know where this is defined in the
                              source code?<br>
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                          <div dir="ltr">Variable dr2 in
                            PW/src/mix_tho.f90, routine rho_ddot in
                            PW/src/scf_mix.f90
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                                <div>If I remember correctly: Eq.A6 of
                                  J.Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 395502
                                  (2009)</div>
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                                <div>Paolo<br>
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                                  Hello,<br>
                                  <br>
                                  I'm trying to understand what exactly
                                  estimated SCF accuracy is. Does <br>
                                  anyone know where I can find a formal
                                  definition of what it is and how <br>
                                  it is being calculated? The structure
                                  of the output file implies that it <br>
                                  is related to the Harris-Foulkes and
                                  the total energy, but it is clearly <br>
                                  not the trivial difference between
                                  these two quantities.<br>
                                  <br>
                                  Thanks in advance,<br>
                                  Ben Comer<br>
                                  Georgia Tech<br>
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