SFT SCF Convergence Issues


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Spherical basis
Here is a slightly modified input file. The main change is the use of the spherical functions (the default is cartesian)
This input will converge using NWChem 6.6
start b3lyp-d3 
title "b3lyp-d3"
 dft
  xc b3lyp
  disp vdw 3
  direct
  grid fine
  tolerances tight
 end
 basis spherical
  * library def2-tzvp
 end
 geometry
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 end

 task dft optimize