Error ' overlap matrix is not positive definite' in dmol3 package in DFT calculations?

13 March 2020 0 9K Report

During geometry optimization of a metal oxide surface using dmol3, I received an error' Overlap matrix is not positive definite' and the job failed. Can you please help me with the reason of this error and suggest some way to fix it.

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