[gmx-users] freezing/position restraints and minimization

[David Mobley]

David,

> > I ask this, because I read on severel places (e.g. the online mdp
> > options manual and in one of the tutorials) that you could use the -
> > DFLEXIBLE definition to "allow steepest descent to minimize further".
> > So I've used it for most of my minimizations up til now, assuming
> > that was the right thing to do.

> it is fine, but your bond lengths and bond angle in water will be
> slightly off the equilibrium values. This will be corrected during th
> eequilibration.

Just to be ornery, I'd like to point out that the idea of
"minimization" is that you end up at a potential energy minimum for
the same Hamiltonian with which you'll be simulating. If your water
deforms during minimization but is rigid during simulation, this is
not what's going on: You're "minimizing" to a minimum that belongs to
a different Hamiltonian than the one in which you're simulating.

I guess that's just to say I'd like to see the other minimizers aside
from "steep" be compabible with constraints (i.e. rigid water).

David


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