As described in Section 3.2 of II, the code HFODD allows for the scaling of the Skyrme-functional coupling constants by arbitrary factors which are read from the input data file. The scaling can be independently performed in the total-sum and isoscalar-isovector representations of the coupling constants, see Eqs. (I-14) and (I-15).
In version (v1.60r), the scaling formulas were incorrectly coded and as a result, under some very special circumstances described below, calculations were performed for values of the scaled coupling constants which were different from those intended by the user. This was happening provided that for the given coupling constant two conditions occurred simultaneously:
This is a fairly unusual combination of scaling conditions, and hence the error escaped detection for a relatively long time. In particular, all results obtained in Ref. [3] are correct because they were obtained with equal scaling factors of the isovector and isoscalar coupling constant, and hence condition 2. above was not fulfilled. Obviously, calculations performed without scaling, i.e., with all scaling factors equal 1, are unaffected.