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How to interpret couplings in optimal transport?

Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two measures on some (at least measurable) space $X$. In optimal transport theory, Monge's problem to $$ \text{minimize} \quad \int c(x,T(x))\mu(dx) \quad \text{over measurable ...
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relative entropy, Fisher information, and metric slope for non-convex domains

$\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R}$ If $\Omega\subset \R^d$ is a convex domain it is well-known that the relative entropy $$ \mathcal H(\rho)= \int_{\Omega}\rho\log\rho \ \mathrm{d}x \qquad \mbox{for }\rho=...
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