Comment on ``Control landscapes are almost always trap free: a geometric assessment

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAECF6zbMATH Open1411.81106arXiv1811.01416OpenAlexW3099696776WikidataQ129001553 ScholiaQ129001553MaRDI QIDQ4629644FDOQ4629644

Authors: Dmitry Zhdanov 

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze a recent claim that almost all closed, finite dimensional quantum systems have trap-free (i.e., free from local optima) landscapes (B. Russell et.al. J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 50, 205302 (2017)). We point out several errors in the proof which compromise the authors' conclusion. Interested readers are highly encouraged to take a look at the "rebuttal" (see Ref. [1]) of this comment published by the authors of the criticized work. This "rebuttal" is a showcase of the way the erroneous and misleading statements under discussion will be wrapped up and injected in their future works, such as R. L. Kosut et.al, arXiv:1810.04362 [quant-ph] (2018).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.01416

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zbMATH Keywords

optimal controlcontrol constraintsparametric transversality theoremquantum control landscapes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Time-scale analysis and singular perturbations in control/observation systems (93C70) Quantum control (81Q93)

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