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Are 1-Wasserstein and 2-Wasserstein distances between multivariate normal distributions equivalent?

The $p$-Wasserstein between two measures $\nu_1$ and $\nu_2$ on $X$ is given by $$W^p_p(\nu_{1},\nu_{2})=\underset{\pi\in\Gamma(\nu_{1},\nu_{2})}{\inf}\int_{\mathbf{\mathcal{X}}^{2}}d(x,y)^p\pi(dx,dy)$...
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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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Closed-form upper-bounds for Wasserstein distance between finite measures

Let $x_1,\dots,x_n,y_1,\dots,y_n\in \mathbb{R}$ and such that $x_i\neq x_j$ and $y_i\neq y_j$ if $i\neq j$. Let $a,b$ be elements of the probability n-simplex. Define the measures $\mu\triangleq \...
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$L^p$-barycenters via continuous selectors

Let $\mathbb{P}$ be a Borel probability measure on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $\int_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} \|x\|^p\mathbb{P}(dx)<\infty$. For which $p\in [1,\infty)$ (other than $p=2$) is the following ...
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Barycenter Map on Wasserstein Space

Let $(X,d)$ be a complete separable metric space, $P_1(X,d)$ be the set of Radon probability measures on $X$ satisfying $$ P_1(X,d)\triangleq \left\{ \nu:\,(\exists x_0\in X)\, \int_{x\in X} d(x,x_0)d\...
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Metrics on the space of distributions in terms of p.d.fs

If two probability distributions (on the same measure space) are s.t they have p.d.fs and the $L^1$ distance between the p.d.f.s is large, then is there a choice of a ``nice" metric $d_{\rm ...
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Tangent space and gradient on subspace of Wasserstein space given by finitely supported measures

Let $\mathcal{P}_2(M)$ be the 2-Wasserstein space over some Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ (connected, complete, and without boundary). Let $\mathcal{FP}_2(M,n)$ be the subspace of probability measures ...
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