Name

TRUSTE — Default method for geometry optimization using trust radii.

Synopsis

 TRUSTE 
 TRUSTE=LARGE 

Description

Minimize energy using the TRUST algorithm. (This method is now AMPAC’s default approach.)

TRUSTE=LARGE

The introduction of SPARSE and PSOLVE allows AMPAC to compute energies and properties of molecules considerably larger than in previous versions. This keyword represents a variant of TRUSTE intended to extend the effectiveness of this method to these very large structures. It differs from regular TRUSTE in the following ways. (1) The standard 2-body initial guess Hessian is replaced by Lindh's approximate Hessian (LINDH). (2) The initial Hessian is not diagonalized (to reduce CPU time) although this results in a small degridation of optimzation permformce. (3) The trust radius step is solved for iteratively (thus avoiding a costly diagonalization).

Abbreviation:

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Requires:

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Default value:

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See also:

LINDH