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12.2 COMPUTING FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCES 435<br />

0 l<br />

1<br />

Figure 12.2 A typical FEP diagram showing the free-energy change in the forward (above) and<br />

reverse (below) directions for a λ-coupled mutation<br />

because neither endpoint is evaluated using a Hamiltonian that is more than 0.5dλ from the<br />

Hamiltonian used to generate the ensemble. Further discussion <strong>of</strong> technical points and error<br />

analysis is deferred to Section 12.2.6.<br />

12.2.3 Slow Growth and Thermodynamic Integration<br />

In Eq. (12.16), one may imagine taking λ intervals so small that E on any given interval<br />

is arbitrarily close to zero. In that case, we may represent the exponential as a truncated<br />

power series, deriving<br />

〈A〉B −〈A〉A = lim<br />

dλ→0<br />

λ=0<br />

1<br />

<br />

kBT ln 1 + (Eλ+dλ<br />

<br />

− Eλ)<br />

kBT<br />

λ<br />

(12.18)<br />

This expression may be further simplified by noting that ln(1 + x) is well approximated by<br />

x for sufficiently small values <strong>of</strong> x, so that we may write<br />

〈A〉B −〈A〉A = lim<br />

dλ→0<br />

λ=0<br />

= lim<br />

dλ→0<br />

λ=0<br />

= lim<br />

dλ→0<br />

λ=0<br />

1<br />

kBT<br />

(Eλ+dλ − Eλ)<br />

kBT<br />

1<br />

〈(Eλ+dλ − Eλ)〉λ<br />

<br />

λ<br />

1<br />

(Eλ+dλ − Eλ) (12.19)

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