Computational Chemistry 3.3 - Steepest Descent

Short lecture the steepest descent energy minimization algorithm.
Steepest descent is a simple algorithm to obtain a local stationary point of a multi-dimensional function. Here we guess the initial geometry, compute the potential energy and energy gradient, update the coordinates using a line search, and repeat until the convergence criteria are met.
Notes Slide: i.imgur.com/na8t6dH.png
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[@achocolatemonkey]

Hi! Thanks a lot for the video, it was super helpful! Much appreciated!

[@elisabethfoss4077]

what happens if there is a local minima but it is not the global minima?