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Re: [h5md-user] [h5md-commit] [SCM] master, updated. c234149781bfa9f5dc8
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Peter Colberg |
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Re: [h5md-user] [h5md-commit] [SCM] master, updated. c234149781bfa9f5dc81aa139038e7dc6689b64d |
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Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:02:26 -0400 |
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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 02:24:02PM +0200, Pierre de Buyl wrote:
> > Making it optional would be possible, but I don't favour it. The
> > question then is how /trajectory and /observables differ at all and
> > why the two groups need to be distinguished and specified.
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> Before going further, I have a point for this (traj vs obs) that I did not
> make
> in my previous messages that helps me to make the distinction:
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> /trajectory : time dependent data with storage of order N
> /observables: time dependent data with storage of order 1
That is my thinking as well. In other terms:
/trajectory : time evolution of microscopic system-state
/observables: time evolution of macroscopic system-state
Peter