Dear all

In the CCP4 documentation about alternative origins for spacegroups
(http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/alternate_origins.html) one can find
the following table:

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P 1 m 1         SG No: 6 (Standard short HM symbol: Pm)
Number of alternate origins: 2
This is a polar spacegroup: the origin is not fixed along the C axis

Norigin Xo      Yo      Zo
1       0.0000  0.0000  ??????
2       0.0000  0.5000  ??????
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However, I would expect that the choice of the origin  for this space
group be arbitrary on the mirror plane, i.e.:

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The origin is not fixed in the AC plane
Norigin Xo      Yo      Zo
1       ??????  0.0000  ??????
2       ??????  0.5000  ??????
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Similarly, I would expect that the tables for space group P1c1 (No 7),
C1m1 (No 8) be different from those in the documentation (I have not
checked for other space groups ...)

Is it correct what I am saying or am I missing something?

Thank you


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