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Meaning of DAV and RMM in the OSZICAR file

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:50 am
by kazeej
If the iteration scheme in the OSZICAR file changes from DAV to RMM, deos that mean the calculation could be wrong?

Re: Meaning of DAV and RMM in the OSZICAR file

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:07 am
by henrique_miranda
No.
When you select ALGO=Fast the first few iterations are done using the Davidson algorithm DAV and the rest with the RMM-DIIS RMM algorithm.

Have a look here:
wiki/index.php/ALGO