Symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problems and polar decompositions of vector fields

DOI10.1007/S00039-014-0287-2zbMATH Open1306.49061arXiv1302.2886OpenAlexW2008334247MaRDI QIDQ484087FDOQ484087

Authors: Nassif Ghoussoub, Abbas Moameni 

Publication date: 18 December 2014

Published in: Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For any given integer $Ngeq2$, we show that every bounded measurable vector field from a bounded domain $Omega$ into $R^d$ is $N$-cyclically monotone up to a measure preserving $N$-involution. The proof involves the solution of a multidimensional symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problem, which we first study in the case of a general cost function on a product domain $Omeg{a}^N$. The polar decomposition described above corresponds to a special cost function derived from the vector field in question (actually $N-1$ of them). In this case, we show that the supremum over all probability measures on $Omeg{a}^N$ which are invariant under cyclic permutations and with a given first marginal $mu$, is attained on a probability measure that is supported on the graph of a function of the form $xo(x,Sx,S^{2}x,\mathrm{...},S^{N-1}x)$, where $S$ is a $mu$-measure preserving transformation on $Omega$ such that $S^N=I$ a.e. The proof exploits a remarkable duality between such involutions and those Hamiltonians that are $N$-cyclically antisymmetric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2886

Recommendations

• Remarks on multi-marginal symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problems
• A self-dual polar factorization for vector fields
• Variational representations for \(N\)-cyclically monotone vector fields
• Optimal mass transport and symmetric representations of their cost functions
• Abstract cyclical monotonicity and Monge solutions for the general Monge-Kantorovich problem

zbMATH Keywords

cost functionpolar decompositionoptimal transportationHamiltonianMonge-Kantorovich problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Spaces of vector- and operator-valued functions (46E40) Monotone operators and generalizations (47H05)

Cites Work

• Polar factorization and monotone rearrangement of vector‐valued functions
• Mass transportation problems. Vol. 1: Theory. Vol. 2: Applications
• A general duality theorem for the Monge-Kantorovich transport problem
• Optimal maps for the multidimensional Monge-Kantorovich problem
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• A Self‐Dual Polar Factorization for Vector Fields
• Convex functions, monotone operators and differentiability.
• Polar factorization of maps on Riemannian manifolds
• Density Functional Theory and Optimal Transportation with Coulomb Cost
• Billiards, scattering by rough obstacles, and optimal mass transportation
• A representation of arbitrary maximal monotone operators via subgradients of skew-symmetric saddle functions
• Remarks on multi-marginal symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problems
• Variational representations for \(N\)-cyclically monotone vector fields
• Equality between Monge and Kantorovich multimarginal problems with Coulomb cost
• An elementary proof of the polar factorization of vector-valued functions
• Infinite-body optimal transport with Coulomb cost

Cited In (17)

• Invariance properties of the Monge-Kantorovich mass transport problem
• Multi-marginal maximal monotonicity and convex analysis
• Equality between Monge and Kantorovich multimarginal problems with Coulomb cost
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Solutions to multi-marginal optimal transport problems concentrated on several graphs
• On multistochastic Monge-Kantorovich problem, bitwise operations, and fractals
• The multistochastic Monge-Kantorovich problem
• On deterministic solutions for multi-marginal optimal transport with Coulomb cost
• Maximal Monotonicity and Cyclic Involutivity of Multiconjugate Convex Functions
• Nonpositive curvature, the variance functional, and the Wasserstein barycenter
• A Simple Counterexample to the Monge Ansatz in Multimarginal Optimal Transport, Convex Geometry of the Set of Kantorovich Plans, and the Frenkel--Kontorova Model
• Optimal mass transport and symmetric representations of their cost functions
• Convex geometry of finite exchangeable laws and de Finetti style representation with universal correlated corrections
• Pair Densities in Density Functional Theory
• Multi-marginal optimal transport and multi-agent matching problems: uniqueness and structure of solutions
• Infinite-body optimal transport with Coulomb cost
• A class of multi-marginal \(c\)-cyclically monotone sets with explicit \(c\)-splitting potentials

This page was built for publication: Symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problems and polar decompositions of vector fields

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q484087)