1-Wasserstein distance on the standard simplex

Abstract: Wasserstein distances provide a metric on a space of probability measures. We consider the space

O m e g a

of all probability measures on the finite set

c h i = 1, d o t s, n

where

n

is a positive integer. 1-Wasserstein distance,

W_{1} (m u, u)

is a function from

O m e g a i m e s O m e g a

to

[0, i n f t y)

. This paper derives closed form expressions for the First and Second moment of

W_{1}

on

O m e g a i m e s O m e g a

assuming a uniform distribution on

O m e g a i m e s O m e g a

.

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