Plattsum: A fortran program that evaluates electrostatic lattice sums by the planewise summation method

Title of program: PLATTSUM
Catalogue Id: ABVT_v1_0

Nature of problem
The calculation of the electrostatic potential due to a Bravais lattice of point charges presents several problems, of a practical as well as of a conceptual nature, coming from its convergence properties. Leaving aside the fact that the potential of an infinite charge distribution diverges, the numerical difficulties lie in the fact that the convergence of the sum is very slow.

CORRECTION SUMMARY:
Vol:Year:Page 25:1982:111
"000A CORRECTION 07/09/81"
"PLATTSUM: a Fortran program that evaluates electrostatic lattice sums
by the planewise summation method. (C.P.C. 22(1981)13)."
J.A. Hernando; V. Massidda

Note: correction instructions are contained in source code

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ABVT_v1_0; PLATTSUM; 10.1016/0010-4655(81)90076-X
ABVT_v2_0; PLATTSUM2; 10.1016/0010-4655(83)90081-4

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2018)