Comment on "Modifying the variational principle in the action integral functional derivation of time-dependent density functional theory" by Jochen Schirmer [arXiv:1010.4223]

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2011-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/1103.5702v1

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4 pages. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A

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In a paper recently published in Phys. Rev. A [arXiv:1010.4223], Schirmer has criticized an earlier work of mine [arXiv:0803.2727], as well as the foundations of time-dependent density functional theory. In Ref.[2], I showed that the so-called "causality paradox" - i.e., the failure of the exchange-correlation potential derived from the Runge-Gross time-dependent variational principle to satisfy causality requirements - can be solved by a careful reformulation of that variational principle. Fortunately, the criticism presented in Ref.[1] is based on elementary misunderstandings of the nature of functionals, gauge transformations, and the time-dependent variational principle. In this Comment I wish to point out and clear these misunderstandings.

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