Abstract
Finding the crystalline phase transitions along the zero-temperature equation of state (“cold curve”) of elemental solids has been a triumph of density functional theory even in the simple local-density approximation. The present work shows how quantitatively significant improvement on molecules in a generalized gradient approximation functional can result in unexpected ambiguity in the cold curve. The specific cause is obscure but some possibilities are discussed.
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