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We consider the problem of steering an initial probability density for the state vector of a linear system to a final one, in finite time, using minimum energy control. In the case where the dynamics correspond to an integrator ($\dot x(t)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-05 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon Georgiou , Michele Pavon

Analytic solutions to the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for cutoff wave initial conditions are used to investigate the time evolution of the transmitted probability density for tunneling. For a broad range of values of the potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gaston Garcia-Calderon , Jorge Villavicencio

A variety of physically relevant bilinear Schr\"odinger equations are known to be approximately controllable in large times. There are however examples which are approximately controllable in large times, but not in small times. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Karine Beauchard , Eugenio Pozzoli

We consider the Schr{\"o}dinger bridge problem in discrete time, where the pathwise cost is replaced by a sum of quadratic functions, taking the form of a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) cost. This cost comprises potential terms that act…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Marc Lambert

This paper addresses the problem of averaged controllability for the time-fractional Schrodinger equation, where the quantum diffusivity parameter is a random variable with a general probability distribution. First, by exploiting the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Jon Asier Bárcena-Petisco , Salah-Eddine Chorfi , Fouad Et-tahri , Lahcen Maniar

Here is investigated the bilinear optimal control problem of quantum mechanical systems with final observation governed by a stochastic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation perturbed by a linear multiplicative Wiener process. The existence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-07-25 Viorel Barbu , Michael Röckner , Deng Zhang

We prove controllability of the Schr\"odinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^d$ in any time $T > 0$ with internal control supported on nonempty, periodic, open sets. This demonstrates in particular that controllability of the Schr\"odinger…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Matthias Täufer

We study a version of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck bridge driven by a spectrally-positive subordinator. Our formulation is based on a Linear-Quadratic control subject to a singular terminal condition. The Ornstein-Uhlenbeck bridge, we develop, is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-04 Hidekazu Yoshioka , Kazutoshi Yamazaki

In 1931/32, Schroedinger studied a hot gas Gedankenexperiment, an instance of large deviations of the empirical distribution and an early example of the so-called maximum entropy inference method. This so-called Schroedinger bridge problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-30 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Michele Pavon

We consider the problem of steering a linear stochastic system between two end-point degenerate Gaussian distributions in finite time. This accounts for those situations in which some but not all of the state entries are uncertain at the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-18 Valentina Ciccone , Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Michele Pavon

An initial-boundary value problem for the $n$-dimensional ($n\geq 2$) time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in a semi-infinite (or infinite) parallelepiped is considered. Starting from the Numerov-Crank-Nicolson finite-difference scheme, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Bernard Ducomet , Alexander Zlotnik , Alla Romanova

We derive analytic expressions of the recursive solutions to the Schr\"{o}dinger's equation by means of a cutoff potential technique for one-dimensional piecewise constant potentials. These solutions provide a method for accurately…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Hwasung Lee , Y. J. Lee

The Schr\"odinger bridge problem (SBP) is gaining increasing attention in generative modeling and showing promising potential even in comparison with the score-based generative models (SGMs). SBP can be interpreted as an entropy-regularized…

Recent advancements in diffusion models and diffusion bridges primarily focus on finite-dimensional spaces, yet many real-world problems necessitate operations in infinite-dimensional function spaces for more natural and interpretable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Byoungwoo Park , Jungwon Choi , Sungbin Lim , Juho Lee

This paper exploit the equivalence between the Schr\"odinger Bridge problem and the entropy penalized optimal transport in order to find a different approach to the duality, in the spirit of optimal transport. This approach results in a…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Simone Di Marino , Augusto Gerolin

The problem of reconciling a prior probability law on paths with data was introduced by E. Schr\"odinger in 1931/32. It represents an early formulation of a maximum likelihood problem. This specific formulation can also be seen as the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-13 Asmaa Eldesoukey , Tryphon T. Georgiou

Schr\"{o}dinger bridge--a stochastic dynamical generalization of optimal mass transport--exhibits a learning-control duality. Viewed as a stochastic control problem, the Schr\"{o}dinger bridge finds an optimal control policy that steers a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Alexis M. H. Teter , Wenqing Wang , Abhishek Halder

Using the simplest but fundamental example, the problem of the infinite potential well, this paper makes an ideological attempt (supported by rigorous mathematical proofs) to approach the issue of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 E. E. Perepelkin , B. I. Sadovnikov , N. G. Inozemtseva , I. I. Aleksandrov

We obtain explicit solutions for the density $\varphi_T$ of the first-time $T$ that a one-dimensional Brownian process $B$ reaches the twice, continuously differentiable moving boundary $f$ and such that $f''(t)\geq 0$ for all $t\in…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-05-14 Gerardo Hernandez-del-Valle

We investigate optimal control strategies for state to state transitions in a model of a quantum dot molecule containing two active strongly interacting electrons. The Schrodinger equation is solved nonperturbatively in conjunction with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 R. Nepstad , L. Sælen , I. Degani , J. P. Hansen