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Example of energy landscape smoothing when 
and 
Smooth landscape (solid line) is obtained by the Thiele interpolation of 22 points (○) on a landscape with an energy barrier 
It is then compared with the cusp landscape having the same energy barrier (dashed line). (Inset) Extension times obtained with the two landscape types (smooth or with cusp) as a function of force. Parameters are the same except for 
which is allowed to vary.
