It means that for doubly and triply degenerate modes any orthogonal combination of eigenvectors will do. If you want them to be aligned with particular directions, it falls on you to do the job.
S. Prasenjit Ghosh wrote: > Dear Lorenzo, >> Keep in >> mind that if 2 modes are degenerate the code's choice of eigenvector is >> not necessarily the most human-friendly one. >> > > What do you mean by that? > > Prasenjit > > -- ********************************************************* Serge M. Nakhmanson phone: (630) 252-5205 Assistant Scientist fax: (630) 252-4798 MSD-212, Rm. C-224 Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 *********************************************************
