Calculation record
Full ligand-shape Hessians for prescribed cylindrical electron routes.
This is a frozen-route energy diagnostic: the electron route and central nucleus
are held fixed while every Cartesian coordinate of every outer nucleus varies.
It therefore tests considerably more than the common-radius force balance, but
is not a self-consistent electron--nuclear periodic-orbit calculation or a
derived Born--Oppenheimer surface. Nuclear repulsion uses point centres even
when the finite profiles used for electron attraction overlap.
Research context
- Cylindrical molecular shape stability
The prescribed three-petal route gives a strict trigonal ligand minimum, while the nominal tetrahedral quarter-turn rays carry transverse force and relax to a strict disphenoidal minimum.
Interpret numerical checks within the assumptions and limitations documented in these notes.