Reply to "Interpreting Bohm quantum potentials in `Computing quantum waves exactly from classical action'"

Abstract:The recent arXiv posting arXiv:2605.20443 by Lohmiller and Slotine attempts to address the omission of the Bohm quantum potential in their proposed exact equivalence between classical action and the Schrödinger equation. They introduce a position-dependent time transformation to argue that the spatial derivatives of the probability density amplitude vanish for the Feynman kernel. A rigorous mathematical examination of this transformation reveals a violation of the multivariable chain rule. The spatial derivatives do not vanish in the physical reference frame. The mathematical framework presented by the authors remains identical to the well-established semiclassical Van Vleck propagator, which is exact exclusively for quadratic potentials.

Comment on arXiv:2605.20443, 3 pages, no figures

arXiv:2606.05197 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2606.05197v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

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