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


Abstract in English

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).

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