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[DLFIND]: DLFIND Options

[DLFIND] Defaults
Keyword Default Description
printl 2 Level of detail in DLFIND output.
icoord 3 Coordinate system used during optimization.
opt 3 Optimization method selection.
ims 0 (No description provided)
[DLFIND] Details The **dlfind** section handles the DL-FIND library for geometry optimization.
  • printl: Set the DL-FIND printing level.
    • Default: 2
  • icoord: Choose the coordinate system.
    • Options:
      • 0: Cartesian coordinates.
      • 1: Hybrid delocalized internal coordinates, primitive internal coordinate scheme.
      • 2: Hybrid delocalized internal coordinates, total connection scheme.
      • 3: Delocalized internal coordinates, primitive internal coordinate scheme. (Default)
      • 4: Delocalized internal coordinates, total connection scheme.
      • 10–14: Lagrange–Newton conical intersection search, with the second digit referring to the above options.
  • iopt: Choose the optimization method.
    • Options:
      • 0: Steepest descent.
      • 1: Polak-Ribiere Conjugate Gradient with automatic restart.
      • 2: Polak-Ribiere Conjugate Gradient with restart every 10 steps.
      • 3: L-BFGS method. (Default)
      • 9: P-RFO, for transition state searches. (Requires \[input\]runtype=ts)
  • ims: Set the multistate gradient calculations.
    • Options:
      • 0: Single-state calculation. (Default)
      • 1: Conical intersection optimization with penalty function algorithm. (Requires \[input\]runtype=meci)
      • 2: Conical intersection optimization with gradient projection algorithm. (Requires \[input\]runtype=meci)
      • 3: Conical intersection optimization with Lagrange–Newton algorithm. (Requires \[input\]runtype=meci)

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