[CP2K:6126] Re: Issue with symmetry

Matt W MattWa... at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 19:22:55 UTC 2015


Hi,

Are guys you running the same input on the same machine, with the same 
executable?

Then that would be really weird.

Laszlo, what I am hinting at is could you try a different cp2k module just 
to check that it isn't somehow a bug of 

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You don't need to run the whole big system, just see if anything with a 
monoclinic cell gives you the same problems.

Matt

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 5:28:52 PM UTC, S Ling wrote:
>
> I don't have problem with the latter setting. I am not sure why you didn't 
> get the same.
>
> SL
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 5:20:04 PM UTC, Laszlo Ryan Seress wrote:
>>
>> I did the latter before I tried to manually dictate the symmetry, the 
>> same issue of changing all angles to 90 occurred.  That file is attached 
>> here.
>>
>> Apropos, I think that using the former would do the calculation on a 
>> reflected version of my system (because b and c are the same length, if I 
>> switch the y and z coordinates, wouldn't I luck out and still have a 
>> functional structure?  Maybe I am picturing this in my head wrong).  I will 
>> still probably have to do the rotation to check.
>>
>> Any ideas as to why the latter is failing?  I still don't understand why 
>> it is overwriting my inputted angles.  
>>
>> Thanks, as always,
>> Laszlo 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:12 PM, S Ling <ling... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Either
>>>
>>>     &CELL
>>>       ABC 16.000 15.600 15.600
>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 86.40000000 90.00000000
>>>       SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>     &END CELL
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>>     &CELL
>>>       ABC 16.000 15.600 15.600
>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 90.00000000 86.40000000
>>>     &END CELL
>>>
>>> should give you correct "BETA" angle. You need to rotate the whole 
>>> lattice system for the first setting. Since you are not doing a CELL_OPT, I 
>>> would suggest you to use the second setting, in which you don't need to 
>>> change the coordinate system.
>>>
>>> SL
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 4:50:12 PM UTC, Laszlo Ryan Seress 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've attached my input and coordinate files.  There is some "overflow" 
>>>> beyond the edges of the box, but I have been told this is ok because of 
>>>> periodic boundary conditions.  I got the coordinates from the SI of a 
>>>> paper, which I have not attached due to size, but can be found at this 
>>>> link, in case it is of interest. dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma100551m   In the 
>>>> SI, they have gamma = 86.4, which is why I have it set up that way. 
>>>>
>>>> I am aware that since I didn't rotate the coordinates yet there could 
>>>> be (i.e. almost definitely are) issues with the accuracy of the results, 
>>>> but I suppose I'm surprised that the geometry is still being set to 90 
>>>> degrees.  From what I understand, the program is immediately setting it to 
>>>> an orthorhomic box and so the errors are occurring on calculations that 
>>>> aren't in the right symmetry anyways.  
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for taking the time to help out with this.
>>>>
>>>> Laszlo
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 4:38 PM, S Ling <ling... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It would be more useful if you can provide your full input file.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I said in the first post, you need to rotate your lattice if you 
>>>>> swap BETA and GAMMA angles, i.e. you need to change the whole coordinate 
>>>>> system and coordiantes of all the atoms. The "ERRORL2 in 
>>>>> cp_fm_cholesky:cp_fm_cholesky_decompose processor" error message 
>>>>> might mean you have a very bad geometry, which is related to the way you 
>>>>> set your CELL section.
>>>>>
>>>>> SL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 February 2015 at 16:11, Laszlo Ryan Seress <lasz... at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you again for the reply.  I thought this was a really good 
>>>>>> suggestion so I was surprised to see that it didn't work (and also felt 
>>>>>> silly that I didn't think of it myself).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran the program twice, with inputs:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (run *759)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     &CELL
>>>>>>       ABC 16.000 15.600 15.600
>>>>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 86.40000000 90.00000000
>>>>>>       SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>     &END CELL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (run *762)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     &CELL
>>>>>>       ABC 16.000 15.600 15.600
>>>>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 90.00000000 86.40000000
>>>>>>       SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>     &END CELL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both runs ended with errors.  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interestingly, in both cases, the output has the following 
>>>>>> information in the beginning:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CELL_TOP| Volume [angstrom^3]:                                       
>>>>>>   3886.077
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector a [angstrom    16.000     0.000     0.000    |a| = 
>>>>>>      16.000
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector b [angstrom     0.000    15.600     0.000    |b| = 
>>>>>>      15.600
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector c [angstrom     0.000     0.000    15.600    |c| = 
>>>>>>      15.600
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (b,c), alpha [degree]:                               
>>>>>>     90.000
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (a,c), beta  [degree]:                               
>>>>>>     90.000
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (a,b), gamma [degree]:                               
>>>>>>     90.000
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Requested initial symmetry:                               
>>>>>>  MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Numerically orthorhombic:                                 
>>>>>>         YES
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So still the angles are being overwritten.  However, something else 
>>>>>> is clearly breaking because the program is ending with errors.  I don't 
>>>>>> really know how to interpret the error reports in great detail, but I have 
>>>>>> attached them in case they prove useful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Laszlo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:32 PM, S Ling <ling... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please remove the three A/B/C cell vectors, and set your CELL 
>>>>>>> section like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> &CELL
>>>>>>> ABC 16.0 15.6 15.6
>>>>>>> ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 86.40000000 90.00000000
>>>>>>> SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>> &END CELL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 2:18:00 PM UTC, Laszlo Ryan Seress 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your reply. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried the following input:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     &CELL
>>>>>>>>       A     16.00000000    0.000000000    0.000000000
>>>>>>>>       B     0.000000000    15.60000000    0.000000000
>>>>>>>>       C     0.000000000    0.000000000    15.60000000
>>>>>>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 86.40000000 90.00000000
>>>>>>>>       SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>>>     &END CELL
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but still got this output:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Volume [angstrom^3]:                                         
>>>>>>>>     3893.760
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Vector a [angstrom]:      16.000     0.000     0.000    |a| 
>>>>>>>> =      16.000
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Vector b [angstrom]:       0.000    15.600     0.000    |b| 
>>>>>>>> =      15.600
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Vector c [angstrom]:       0.000     0.000    15.600    |c| 
>>>>>>>> =      15.600
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Angle (b,c), alpha [degree]:                                 
>>>>>>>>       90.000
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Angle (a,c), beta  [degree]:                                 
>>>>>>>>       90.000
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Angle (a,b), gamma [degree]:                                 
>>>>>>>>       90.000
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Requested initial symmetry:                                 
>>>>>>>>    MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>>>  CELL| Numerically orthorhombic:                                   
>>>>>>>>           YES
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ​It seems to be overwriting my inputted angles and replacing them 
>>>>>>>> with 90 degrees.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ​Best,
>>>>>>>> Laszlo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:02 PM, S Ling <ling... at gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You need to rotate your lattice so that your beta=86.4, not 
>>>>>>>>> gamma=86.4. This is the requirement of MONOCLINIC space symmetry in CP2K, 
>>>>>>>>> see http://manual.cp2k.org/trunk/CP2K_INPUT/FORCE_EVAL/SUBSY
>>>>>>>>> S/CELL.html#desc_SYMMETRY
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> SL
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:15:44 PM UTC, Laszlo Ryan 
>>>>>>>>> Seress wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have been having an issue with the symmetry command in the CELL 
>>>>>>>>>> section.  My input has:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     &CELL
>>>>>>>>>>       A     16.00000000    0.000000000    0.000000000
>>>>>>>>>>       B     0.000000000    15.60000000    0.000000000
>>>>>>>>>>       C     0.000000000    0.000000000    15.60000000
>>>>>>>>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.00000000 90.00000000 86.40000000
>>>>>>>>>>       SYMMETRY MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>>>>>     &END CELL
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> but the output has:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Volume [angstrom^3]:                                   
>>>>>>>>>>       3893.760
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector a [angstrom    16.000     0.000     0.000   
>>>>>>>>>>  |a| =      16.000
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector b [angstrom     0.000    15.600     0.000   
>>>>>>>>>>  |b| =      15.600
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Vector c [angstrom     0.000     0.000    15.600   
>>>>>>>>>>  |c| =      15.600
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (b,c), alpha [degree]:                           
>>>>>>>>>>         90.000
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (a,c), beta  [degree]:                           
>>>>>>>>>>         90.000
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Angle (a,b), gamma [degree]:                           
>>>>>>>>>>         90.000
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Requested initial symmetry:                           
>>>>>>>>>>      MONOCLINIC
>>>>>>>>>>  CELL_TOP| Numerically orthorhombic:                             
>>>>>>>>>>             YES
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Has anyone had a similar issue with getting the angles changed 
>>>>>>>>>> and the program changing the symmetry from monoclinic to orthorhombic?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Laszlo 
>>>>>>>>>>
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