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FFT (CCP4: Supported Program)

NAME

fft, fftbig - fast Fourier transform

SYNOPSIS

fft HKLIN foo.mtz MAPOUT foo.map [ ABCOEFFS foo.txt ]
[Keyworded input]

DESCRIPTION

The FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) program may be used to calculate Fouriers, difference Fouriers, double difference Fouriers, Pattersons and difference Pattersons from reflection data. The type of map is controlled by the input flags, principally LABIN. The input file will contain h k l Fi... SIGFi... Phases weights etc. and the required Fourier coefficients will be generated from these.

Space group specific routines are available for some spacegroups and the output for these will usually be restricted in some way, i.e. sectioning axis, and output volume of map. All maps can be calculated in FFTSPACEGROUP P1 where these restrictions do not apply, but this may take longer. There is a version FFTBIG which calculates a whole map in memory which reduces internal I/O, but this is only available in FFTSPACEGROUP P1. You will need to choose an appropriate strategy for your problem; if you are short of memory or computer resources it is worth optimising the calculation, but on a large computer FFTBIG may be the best choice. N.B. you must have plenty of real memory to use FFTBIG - it will cause bad disc thrashing if the calculation won't fit into real memory.

Specific FFT routines are available for these Space Groups in FFT:

P1(1), P1bar(2), P21(4), P2/m(10), P21212(18 and 1018), P212121(19), C2221(20), C222(21), I222(23), Pmmm(47), P41212(92), P43212(96), P31(144)/P32(145), R3(146), P3121(152), P3221(154), P61(169) ,P65(170)

Only P1 is available in FFTBIG. P2, P222 and P2221 used to be legitimate FFT space groups but have been removed.

KEYWORDED INPUT

The various data control lines are identified by keywords. Only the first 4 characters of a keyword are significant. Absent values default to 0 unless otherwise stated. The cards can be in any order, except END (if present) which must be last. Numbers in [ ] are optional and can be left out. The only compulsory command is LABIN. The available keywords are:

AXIS, BIAS, BINMAPOUT, EXCLUDE, FFTSPACEGROUP, FREERFLAG, GRID, LABIN, LIST, LPMAP, LPFMT, NOCHECKS, PATTERSON, PHTRANSLATION, PROJECTION, RESOLUTION, RHOLIM, SCALE, SYMMETRY, TITLE, VF000, XYZLIM, (END)

LABIN <program label>=<file label>...

(Compulsory.)
This command defines which items are to be used in the calculation and these definitions largely control the type of map. E.g.

F1=FP SIG1=SIGFP PHI=PHIC

Names of items for the calculation are selected from the following list. H, K, L will always be used.

A
real part of structure factor
B
imaginary part of structure factor
F1
first F
SIG1
standard deviation of first F
F2
second F
SIG2
standard deviation of second F
PHI
phase angle in degrees
W
reflection weight
W2
weight for second F
PHI2
phase for second F
FH
heavy atom Fh
PHIH
heavy atom phase
DANO
anomalous difference for anomalous Fourier (see below)
I
Intensity to be used for Patterson
SIGI
standard deviation of Intensity
FREE
The Free R flag. Reflections flagged with a free R value selected by the FREERFLAG keyword (default 0) will be omitted from the map. Don't assign this column if you don't want to omit data.

The items selected will determine the Fourier coefficients used for the calculation. If any of the assigned columns contains a missing datum the whole reflction will be omitted.

Common types of maps:

1) F1 [SIG1] PHI [W]
The Fourier summation has:
Amplitudes - [W] F1
Phases - PHI
The values of SIG1 may be used to exclude some terms; see EXCLUDE.
Used for example for MIR Fobs maps - F1 = Fp, PHI=PHImir W=FOMmir; Fcalc maps - F1=Fcalc PHI=PHIcalc
2) F1 [SIG1] F2 [SIG2] PHI [W]
The Fourier summation has:
Amplitudes - [W] (SCALE1 F1 - SCALE2 F2)
Phases - PHI
The values of SIG1 and SIG2 may be used to exclude some terms; see EXCLUDE. Also, they are used to check for missing reflections, see below.
Used for example for 2Fp-Fcalc maps:
F1=Fp SIG1=SIGFp F2=Fcalc PHI=PHIcalc Scale1=2 SCALE2=1
Difference maps to find sites in a second derivative using phases calculated from the first derivative. [W] (FPh2 - Fobs) maps:
F1=FPH2 SIG1=SIGFPH2 F2=Fp SIG2=SIGFP PHI=PHIsir1 W=FOMsir1
3) DANO [SIG1] PHI [W]
The Fourier summation has:
Amplitudes - [W] (DANO)
Phases - PHI - 90
Used for `anomalous Fourier' maps. DANO is the column for the anomalous amplitude, and the phase angle (PHI) is retarded by 90 degrees.
4) A B
Some programs output values of A and B ready for summation, e.g. SHELX,tffc.
The Fourier summation has:
Amplitudes - sqrt (A * A + B * B)
Phases - atan2 ( B,A)
5)
More complicated vector difference terms can be generated. If you want to find further sites in a derivative you may want to calculate a `[W] (FPHi - ( Fp+FH))' difference Fourier, i.e. a double difference fourier. To do this assign
F1 [SIG1] F2 [ SIG2] PHI [W] FH PHIH

Remember you need to have run MLPHARE with the appropriate FHOUT and APPLY keywords.

6)
Unspecified vector difference terms can be generated. To do this assign:
F1 [SIG1] F2 [ SIG2] PHI [W] PHI2 [W2]
The map will sum:
[W] SCALE1 F1 with phase PHI - [W2] SCALE2 F2 with phase PHI2
7)
Some other keywords modulate the generation of terms. If PATTERSON is specified all amplitudes are squared (after all scaling, checking etc.) and phases set to 0. The symmetry of the spacegroup is used to generate the appropriate Patterson symmetry, and this is checked against the symmetry of the FFTSPACEGROUP. Note Pattersons should be calculated in P-1(2) P2/m(10) or Pmmm(47) Unspecified vector difference terms can be generated.
8)
If PHTRANSLATION is specified the program uses:
Amplitudes - [W] F1 F2
Phases - PHI - PHI2
If PHTRANSLATION HAND 2 is specified the program uses:
Amplitudes - [W] F1 F2
Phases - PHI + PHI2 + origin correction if required ( only for I41 etc)
See PHTRANSLATION. If the maximum peak in the phased translation map is high (typically greater than 50 RMS), then for hand 1 the model corresponding to PHI2 will need to be moved by this amount to overlap the model corresponding to PHI. If HAND 2 is specified, the model corresponding to PHI2 will need to be inverted then moved.

N.B. IMPORTANT! The items SIG1 and SIG2 are used to check the validity of the F for a reflection. This can be done in two ways at present either by checking SIGFn=0 or by checking SIGFn=MNF (see documentation on Missing Number Flags). MNFs give a more reliable way of checking reflections because even Fc and PHI can be checked. Another benefit with MNFs is for certain types of map F1 can be replaced by F2 if F1=MNF (see FILLIN). Sigma cutoffs can also be applied in order to reject relections (see EXCLUDE).

All other keywords are given in alphabetical order below.

AXIS <fast> <medium> <slow>

In general DO NOT change the axis order unless you are in P1 or are very sure you know what you are doing! This is permitted if your map is being calculated using the routines for P1 or P222, but not otherwise.

<fast> <medium> <slow> are the letters X, Y and Z in the appropriate order. Note that many of the FFT space-group specific routines have FIXED axis orders. In general these are Y,X,Z for those which have rotation axes along c, and are best output with z-sections (all space-groups with space-group number greater than 18 (P21212)).

For P1, the monoclinic space-groups, and space-groups 16 (P 2 2 2), 17 (P 2 2 21) and 18 (P 21 21 2), the required axis order is Z,X,Y, which gives y-sections.

If this keyword is left out (the recommended procedure), and the map is calculated in FFT space-group P1 (the FFTBIG default) then the standard order for TRUE space-group is used, i.e. Z,X,Y for P1, the monoclinic space-groups, and space-groups 16, 17 and 18; for all higher symmetry space-groups the standard axis ordering will be Y,X,Z.

Otherwise, note that any axis permutation must make sense in the space-group used for the FFT, e.g. the P21 FFT (sg4) always generates a 21 axis along the section axis, through the origin. Axis permutation is only permitted in a few space-groups and should probably by cyclic: 1, 2, 19, 21, 23, 47. In space-group 19, only cyclic permutations are valid, i.e. Y,X,Z (default); Z,Y,X; or X,Z,Y; others will give WRONG ANSWERS.

BIAS <bias>

If <bias> .NE.0, F = (F**3)/(F**2+(<bias>*SD(F))**2)
This is a bias correction for anomalous Patterson maps due to Ian Tickle (perhaps useful, perhaps not).

BINMAPOUT [ NONE ]

Send binary output to MAPOUT. This is the default. NONE stops this.

EXCLUDE <keyword> <value> ...

Each secondary keyword is followed by a number setting the appropriate limit.

         SIG1 Nsig1   and SIG2 Nsig2
         *** reflections excluded if F1 lt Nsig1 * sd(F1) 
                                  or F2 lt Nsig2 * sd(F2)

         F1LIM (F1minimum)     F2LIM (F2minimum) IMIN (Minimum I)
         *** reflections excluded if F1 lt F1minimum 
                                  or F2 lt F2minimum
                                  or I  lt Iminimum
              (cut off applied BEFORE scaling or squaring for Patterson)

         F1MAX F1maximum   F2MAX F2maximum  IMAX Imaximum
         *** reflections excluded if F1 gt F1maximum
                                  or F2 gt F2maximum
                                  or I  gt Imaximum
              (cut off applied BEFORE scaling or squaring for Patterson)

         DIFF difference_limit
         *** reflections excluded if 
             Abs(Sc1*F1 - Sc2*F2) gt difference_limit
              (cut off applied BEFORE squaring for Patterson)

         TERM limit
         *** reflections excluded if 
              Sqrt( A**2 + B**2) gt limit for Fourier
                   A**2 or F**2  gt limit for Patterson

         [default for all =  0.0 == no cut off]
     

It is very important to use this sensibly for difference or anomalous Pattersons. As the terms in a Patterson are squared the map can be distorted by one or two large `differences' which have been overestimated. It is sensible to use the SIGi cut offs to exclude weak data, and to inspect the SCALEIT output to decide on a sensible value for DIFF. Many instruments have glitches and you may have a few completely incorrect estimates of F(hkl) which can hide the true signal.

When calculating `anomalous Pattersons', internally DANO is treated like F1. Therefore, it is possible to assign F2 and SIG2 to the appropriate FPH and set SCALE F2 to 0.0001 or something extremely small. Formally you will be calculating a difference Patterson (F1-F2) but because F2 is very small you are left with just the F1/DANO term. The advantage is that you can use the SIG2 check to exclude anomalous differences from weak measurements.

If the input option to input intensities (LABI I= ...) is used, an origin removed Patterson can be calculated.

The terms required for calculating an origin removed Patterson. F2OR = F**2 -<E**2> and E2OR = E**2 - <E**2> = E**2 - 1.0. They can be used as input to the fft programs using LABI I=F2OR, etc ( See ecalc documentation)

FFTSPACEGROUP <SG>

Space group name or number for Fourier calculation. Possible values [<name> (<number>)] are:

P1 (1), P1bar (2), P21 (4), P2/m (10), P21212 (18 and 1018), P212121 (19), C2221 (20), C222 (21), I222 (23), Pmmm (47), P41212 (92), P43212 (96), P31 (144)/P32 (145), R3 (146), P3121 (152), P3221 (154), P61 (169), P65 (170).

For a Patterson the space group should be P1bar(2) (for all space groups), P2/m(10) (for all monoclinic space groups, b axis unique), or Pmmm(47) (for all orthorombic space groups).

If this command is omitted, the true symmetry is used if it is one of the FFT spacegroups, otherwise spacegroup P1 or P-1 is used. If the crystal symmetry is different to this the program will check that the symmetry operators are compatible. An (incomplete) list of possible symmetry pairings is given below. For further examples consult International Tables Vol. A.

FILLIN

When this keyword is specified the Fourier term

    k1 * F1 * exp{B1*s}   -   k2 * F2 * exp{B2*s}

is replaced by this term below if F1=MNF

    [k1 * exp{B1*s}  -  k2 * exp{B2*s}] F2.

Where k1,k2 and B1,B2 are the scales and Bfactors specified by the user respectively. The types of maps this procedure would benefit are 2Fo-Fc, 3Fo-2fc ... (n+1)Fo-nFc maps. Noise levels could be reduced because rather than treating each Fourier term as zero for unmeasured Fo reflections, it will given an approximately correct value (Fc). However, the down side in these maps is that model bias would certainly increase. Maps should not be calcuated beyond the resolution of the observed data for obvious reasons.

FREERFLAG <freeflag>

Reflections where the value of the column FREE, taken from the MTZ file, equals <freeflag> (default 0) are omitted from the calculation. If you do not wish a free-R set to be used don't assign FREE.

GRID <nx> <ny> <nz> | SAMPLE <grid_sample>

Number of sampling divisions along whole cell edge (see restrictions below). Alternatively, the keyword SAMPLE allows specification of the fineness of sampling, e.g. GRID SAMPLE 3 gives a grid of about 1/3 of the maximum resolution: this is the default if this command is omitted. A larger value gives a finer sampling (minimum sampling = 2).

LIST

List Fourier terms in ASCII to logical name ABCOEFFS. This may be useful if you want to monitor the input, but the output file is HUGE and it should normally be suppressed.

The columns output are:

   H  K  L  k1*F1  PHI  k2*F2  PHI2  W1  W2   A  B  ATAN(B,A) SQRT(AA+BB)

See the LABIN keyword for a description of the symbols.

If, for instance, your Pattersons are junk, and you suspect some special problem - all 0 2k 4l are junk or something - you can sort it on the SQRT(AA+BB) column to see where the large contributions come from. You see sometimes all F2 for these are <1 or something and get immediately suspicious.

LPMAP

Output map to printer.

LPFMT <nlines> <ncol> <idig> <ilin> <max> <min>

For printer output, change format from default.

<nlines>
number of lines/page (if=0, reset to NR)
<ncol>
number of columns/page (if=0, reset to maximum)
<idig>
number of digits in output numbers to LP (default=4)
<ilin>
number of lines between output lines of map (default=1)
<min>,<max>
resets rho to 0 if <min><rho<<max>. (Can be used e.g. to set negative regions to 0 <min> = -9999, <max>=0.)

NOCHECKS

Specifies that no symmetry expansion or permutation is required and no checks needed to see if h k l is in the correct asymmetric unit.

Limits on the value of h,k,l:
These limits are required by the program if NOCHECK is used They are those used throughout the CCP4 suite to cover a single asymmetric unit of reciprocal space.

FFT symmetry
Triclinic
hkl:  l>=0
hk0:  h>=0
0k0:  k>0
Monoclinic
hkl:  k>=0  and l>=0
hk0:  h>=0
0k0:  k>0
Orthorhombic
hkl: h>=0, k>=0 and l>=0
Tetragonal
pg4 hkl:h>=0, l>=0 with k>=0 if h=0 and k>0 if h>0
pg422 hkl:h>=0, k>=0, k<=h, l>=0
Trigonal
pg3 hkl:h>=0, k>0  00l:l>0    
pg312 hkl:h>=0, k>=0 with k<=h for all l.
if k = 0  l>=0
pg321 hkl:h>=0, k>=0 with k<=h for all l.
if h = k  l>=0
pg6 hkl:h>=0, k>=0, l>=0 with k>=0 if  h=0
and k> 0 if h>0
pg622 hkl:h>=0, k>=0, l>=0 with h>=k 
Cubic
pg23 hkl:h>=0, k>=0, l>=0 with l>=h, k>=h
pg432 hkl:h>=0, k>=0, l>=0 with k>=l

If the FFTSPACEGROUP is different to the true SYMMETRY or the AXIS order is non-standard for the FFT spacegroup the NOCHECK option is overridden.

PATTERSON

Calculate a Patterson map (Fourier is the default). If F1 is assigned on the LABIN line the amplitudes are squared after scaling and taking any differences. If I is assigned the input term is used as read. This allows you to calculate origin removed pattersons using the E2OR and F2OR terms output by ECALC.

PHTRANSLATION [ HAND 2]

Calculate a phased translation function (reference [3]). The terms are:
w*F1*F2*exp(i(PHI - PHI2))
If the "change hand" flag is set ( HAND 2) the terms are
w*F1*F2*exp(i(PHI + PHI2 +CX *IH +CY *IK +CL*IL ))
For most space groups CX=CY=CL = 0.0 , ie the phases for the opposite hand is -PHIhkl. However the space groups I41, I4122, F4132, and I4132, changing hand also implies a change of origin. For these space groups the following correction is required.

 
      Space_group CX    CY    CZ
          I41    0.0   0.5   0.0
         I4122   0.0   0.5   0.25
         F4132   0.75  0.25  0.75
         I4132   0.25  0.25  0.25
Scale is multiplied by 1/sqrt(Sigma((w*F1)**2)*Sigma((F2)**2)

If the maximum peak in the phased translation map is high (typically greater than 50 RMS), then for hand 1 the model corresponding to PHI2 will need to be moved by this amount to overlap the model corresponding to PHI. If HAND 2 is specified the model corresponding to PHI2 will need to be inverted then moved.

PROJECTION

Calculate projection along section axis. All reflections except those in the zone are ignored. The sampling interval along the section axis GRID should be left unchanged from 3D value, and the map limits on the section axis XYZLIM will be reset to 0 0.

RESOLUTION <rmin> <rmax>

<rmin> and <rmax> are resolution limits in Angstrom (either order). If one is 0 or blank, no high resolution cutoff, if both blank, no cutoff.
If this command is absent, the default is to use all reflections in the file. For translation functions you MUST omit this command, to allow the program to accept all reflections in the file.

RHOLIM <rhomax> [ <rhomin> ]

The scaling of the output map is usually controlled by the values input for VF000. However If these are set, the map will be automatically scaled (using v and F000) to give a maximum <rhomax> (and minimum if <rhomin> is given) in the first group of sections. The default option (which should normally be used, except possibly for Pattersons) gives a map on the true scale.

SCALE F1 | F2 <scale> <B-factor>

e.g. SCALE F1 2.0 0.0 F2 1.0 0.0
Read scale and temperature factor to be applied to amplitude (F1 or F2). Default Scale = 1.0, B-factor = 0.0. Scales are also applied to the associated SIGi.
Fused = <scale> * F * exp(-<B-factor> (sin theta/lambda)**2)

SYMMETRY <SG>

Specifies true space-group as a name, number or explicit operators in the standard form. By default, this is taken from the input file, and it will probably cause chaos if you set it to anything else.

TITLE <title>

80 character title for map - sensible to choose an informative one.

VF000 <vol> <F000>

These parameters can be used to modify the scaling of the output map. The default values are <vol>=Cell_volume, and <F000>=0.0 These give a map approximately on absolute scale, and should usually not be altered. Setting <vol> = Cell_volume/100 would inflate the map values by 100.

XYZLIM <xmin> <xmax> <ymin> <ymax> <zmin> <zmax> | ASU

Range of cell to be calculated. This defines the extent of the output map. The arguments to the XYZLIM keyword can be either: (i) six numbers giving the limits in cell divisions OR fractional coordinates, or else (ii) the subkeyword ASU (which will automatically set the map limits to be the CCP4 asymmetric unit for the true or Patterson spacegroup, as appropriate). See below for minimum and maximum requirements for each spacegroup.

It is essential that <xmin> greater or equal to 0, and <xmax> is less than NX and so on (see definition of GRID). For other restrictions, see below. Some limits can be reset by the program but not all. In particular if your grid disagrees with these limits the program will not necessarily reset them sensibly.

If this command is omitted, the limits will default to those of the asymmetric unit for the "fft space-group" - i.e. the spacegroup in which the fft calculation is performed in. This may or may not be the same as the asymmetric unit of the true spacegroup.

For many spacegroups there are several choices of such an asymmetric unit, and you may wish to override the default one. The inverse transform used in SFALL has quite strict limits, and if you want to use that you probably ought to take the default values, which are compatible. Remember that if the map is to be extended to cover a molecule, it is fastest to calculate as much of the cell as possible (the whole cell in P1) as input to EXTEND.

RESTRICTIONS

Grid restrictions:

Note that symmetry expansion is not permitted to space-groups marked by *. For all space-groups, NX,NY,NZ must have no prime factors greater than 19, and NX must be greater than 2 HMAX + 1, etc. Below, `n' is an integer, so `2n' means the number must be even.

        Space              section
        group      number    axis

        P1            1       y   NZ=2n 
        P-1           2       y   NY=2n, NZ=2n, NX=2n, 
        P21           4       y   NY=4n, NZ=2n, 
        P2/M         10       y   NX=2n, NY=8n, NZ=2n, 
       *P21212       18       y   NY=4n, NZ=2n, 
       *P21212a    1018       y   NY=4n, NZ=2n, 
        P212121      19       z   NY=2n, NZ=4n, 
       *C2221        20       y   NX=4n, NY=4n, NZ=4n, 
       *C222         21       y   NX=4n, NY=4n, NZ=4n, 
        I222         23       y   NX=4n, NY=4n, NX=4n, 
        PMMM         47       z   NX=8n, NY=8n, NZ=8n, 
  *P41212/P43212  92,96       z   NX=2n, NY=NX, NZ=8n, 
  *P31/P32      144,145       z   NX=6n, NY=6n, NZ=6n  
  *R3               146       z   NX=6n, NY=6n, NZ=6n 
  *P3121/P3221  152,154       z   NX=6n, NY=6n, NZ=6n
  *P61/P65      169/170       z   NX=6n, NY=6n, NZ=12n

Section restrictions:

         Spacegroup           Section limits

            P1      all Z  all X      Y      0 to NY-1   
            P1bar   all Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/2-1 
            P21     all Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/2-1 
            P2/m  0-1/2 X  all Z      Y      0 to NY/2-1
            P21212  all Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/2    
            P21212a all Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/2    
            P212121 all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/2    
            C2221 0-1/2 Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/4   
            C222  0-1/2 Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/4   
            I222  0-1/2 Z  all X      Y      0 to NY/4   
            Pmmm  0-1/2 X 0-1/2 Y     Z      0 to NZ/2  
    ??      P4122   all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/2    
            P41212  all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/2    
    ??      P4322   all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/2    
            P43212  all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/2    
            P31     all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ-1   
            P32     all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ-1   
            R3      all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/3-1 
        or  R3    0-1/3  X and Y      Z      0 to NZ -1 
            P3121   all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ-1   
            P3221   all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/6    
            P61     all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/6-1 
            P65     all X  all Y      Z      0 to NZ/6-1 

For maps with Y-sections the output has Z fastest and X medium.
For maps with Z-sections the output has Y fastest and X medium.

Possible FFTSPACEGROUP/SYMMETRY pairing:

     
        FFTSPACEGROUP             Crystal spacegroup
        group            number  

        P1                 1       all
        P-1                2       all centric spacegroups, Pattersons
        P21                4       C21 I21 P21212a P...
        P2/M              10       Pmmm etc
       *P21212            18       C222  F222  I222
       *P21212a         1018       C222a F222a I222a
        P212121           19       C2221a I212121  P42  cubics
        PMMM              47       P4/mmm
       *P41212/P43212  92,96
       *P31/P32      144,145
        R3               146       R32
       *P3121/P3221  152,154
       *P61/P65      169/170       P6122/P6522

INPUT AND OUTPUT FILES

The input files are the control data file and a standard MTZ reflection data file.

Unless suppressed, a standard format output map file will be written by the program.

Input:

HKLIN
input data
SYMOP
symmetry operation library

Output:

MAPOUT
output binary map
ABCOEFFS
Output unit for an optional listing of the generated Fourier coefficients (for diagnostic purposes). See the LIST keyword.

PRINTER OUTPUT

The printed output starts with details from the input control data and details from the MTZ subroutines when the input reflection data file is read. Details are given of the array sizes and of the scratch files used. If a line printer listing of the map was requested, each section is listed in the requested format preceded by a title and details identifying the section and followed by the minimum and maximum density (E) values on the section. If no line printer listing was requested then only the minimum and maximum densities for each section.

Error Messages are MEANT to be self explanatory, here are some of them:

You may get errors from binsort which is in fact a separate program

The FFT uses a Buffer set in the Main program. If you get the BUFFER Too Small message you can either: reduce your grid size, or recompile the program with a bigger value for IDIM (currently 500000). Similar action is needed if you get this message:

Array SIZE ?????? TOO Small

There are a series of error messages which mean your grid sampling does not satisfy the requirements.

Prime factor > 19????
NX Ny orNz not divisible by correct factor. Check documentation.
Similar messages about grid restrictions - check documentation.

If NOCHECKS is set you must have reflections in right asymmetric unit, and sorted. Run CAD to do this if you have a problem. You will get this sort of error message.

Reflection out of Order. HKL = ?? ?? ?? K greater than H ?? ?? ??
Array Z too short in routine PRTSHF
An obscure error - redimension it.

PROGRAM FUNCTION

The crystallographic fast Fourier transform (FFT) program was written by Lynn F. Ten Eyck. The use of the FFT in crystallography has been discussed by A. Immirzi (ref.1) and the methods for incorporating crystallographic symmetry into FFT calculations has been discussed by L.F. Ten Eyck (ref.2).

The computational speed of the FFT is due to two factors. An examination of the algebra on which the Cooley-Tukey Fast Fourier Transform is based has led to a different approach towards incorporating crystallographic symmetry into Fourier transforms than that based on the trigonometric relationships as given in the International Tables for Crystallography. The method involves extracting the desired information from the results of an ordinary complex Fourier transform of a short sequence rather than a long one. Second, the complex Fourier transforms are calculated by an extremely efficient and general set of subroutines for calculating one dimensional transforms. The program does not suffer from any stringent restrictions on the number of input points though certain rules have to be obeyed as described above in notes 5 and 6.

The program has been developed by Birkbeck College to allow for the generation of equivalent reflections using the space group symmetry elements so that the program may be used for space groups other than those for which it was specifically written.

It has also been developed to allow for the input of selected data items from a binary reflection data file so that a number of different types of Fourier transforms may be calculated without having to prepare a special input file. These include: Fourier synthesis, difference Fourier, double difference Fourier, Patterson function, and difference Patterson functions.

If the reflection file has been modified to correctly include Missing Number Flags then it is possible to substitute data. When calculating a difference map of some kind i.e. using F1 and F2, then if F1=MNF then F2 is substituted for F1. This is useful in reducing the noise in maps for 2Fo-Fc or 3Fo-2Fc maps for instance. Low resolution terms tend to be absent from measured data but contribute significantly to the overall quality of the map. Assuming that these low resolution terms are zero just because they are unmeasured can lead to significant noise in the map. Therefore, substituting Fc for Fo will inevitably be a better approximation than zero. The down side is that model bias will increase in the map and may cause trouble if large sections of data are unmeasured.

REFERENCES

  1. A.Immirzi, Crystallographic Computing Techniques, ed. F.R.Ahmed, Munksgaard, p399, (1966).
  2. L.F.Ten Eyck, Acta Cryst., A29, 486, (1973).
  3. R.J.Read and A.J.Schierbeek J. Appl. Cryst. 21 490-495 (1988).

EXAMPLES

Simple unix example script found in $CEXAM/unix/runnable/

  • fft.exam (Example of the calculation of difference patterson and anomalous difference patterson).
  • Also found combined with other programs in the example scripts ($CEXAM/unix/runnable/)

  • mapcorrelation_procedure (Use of fft in calculations leading up to map correlations).
  • tffc_procedure (Run FFT in Space group 1).
  • rsps.exam (Example of calculating and interpreting Patterson).
  • solomon.exam (Calculate initial map with best phases and FOM weighted amplitudes).
  • vecref.exam (Use in vector space heavy atom refinement).
  • patterson (Patterson Example).
  • dm.exam (Calculate maps from density modified map).
  • mir_steps (Heavy atom refinement and Phasing tutorial).
  • 3fo2fcmap (3Fo-2Fc map).
  • fofcmap (Calculate an Fo-Fc map and find position of significant peaks).
  • refmac.exam (Create maps from refmac output).
  • phased_translation_calc (Phased translation function for isomorphous phases set).
  • waterpeaks (Procedure for finding water peaks).
  • watpeak.exam (Procedure for finding water peaks).
  • AUTHOR

    Originator: Lynn F. Ten Eyck

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