[gmx-users] Formula for cosine content in essential dynamics

[Berk Hess]

>From: "Steve Spronk" <spronk at umich.edu>
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>Subject: [gmx-users] Formula for cosine content in essential dynamics
>Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:04:04 -0400
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>Hi,
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>I am working on essential dynamics analysis of my protein, and I have a
>basic question on the calculation of the cosine content of the principal
>components.
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>The way that I understand it, the first few principal components may
>resemble cosine functions, with the period equal to half the principal
>component index i.  However, in the formula for cosine component listed in
>Hess's papers, the Gromacs manual, and all other sources I've checked, the
>cosine function is
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>cos(i*pi*t)
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>which is not actually a cosine that has a period of half the index.  I must
>be misunderstanding something, because if you want to compare to a cos
>function that passes through half a period over the whole time of the
>simulation, shouldn't the formula include this instead:
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>cos(i*pi*t/T)
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>where T is the length of the simulation?  This way, it also appears to me
>that the units work out correctly.
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>I'm confused.  Can you help me understand the formula better?
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>Thanks,
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>Steve
>

I probably forgot to add a factor of 1/T in the manual.
I'll fix it.

Thanks,

Berk.


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