[gmx-users] BFGS in NMA calculations?

[Mark Abraham]

Jones de Andrade wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I was just wondering: am I completelly wrong, or gromacs uses the BFGS 
> hessian approximation in order to do normal mode analysis, rather than 
> the "real and painfull to analitically second derive potentials" hessian?

Manual, section 3.11

> I'm wondering also if this approximation is as good for NMA as it is for 
> minimization procedures.

Not applicable.

Mark