Solution

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For , direct multiplication gives and . It is therefore a dark state of a driven Hamiltonian for every real control, and
Starting from this state, the reachable physical ray is a singleton, so it cannot be transferred to or any distinct ray. More generally commutes with both generators; hence is conserved. The system thus fails full-qutrit pure-state controllability, density operator controllability, and unitary operator controllability.
This is the appropriate full-space meaning of the PDF's phrase about all senses of controllability. It does not preclude control within a restricted invariant subspace: the bright state couples to with strength , while the dark line is isolated. The bright and dark state reduction of a star-coupled Hamiltonian makes that invariant decomposition explicit.

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