[Pw_forum] relaxation & breaking symmetry

[Stefano Baroni]

Dear M.aghtar:

>
> In relaxing calculation, if I break the symmetry could the system go  
> to a higher symmetry?

sure it can. a high-simmetry configuration is a particular case of a  
low-simmetry one (the other way around is obviously untrue)

SB


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