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Upper bound on the $p$-Wasserstein distance $\mathcal{W}_p(\xi,a\,\xi)$ for some constant $a \neq 0$

Let $\xi$ be a random vector taking values in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Is there an upper bound on the $p$-Wasserstein distance $\mathcal{W}_p(\xi,a\,\xi)$ for some constant $a \neq 0$? I have seen that if $p=...
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Simplify Kantorovich–Rubinstein duality when distributions share a common marginal

Consider the product of two metric spaces $X\times Y$, and two probability distributions $\mu$ and $\nu$ on this product space. By the Kantorovich-Rubinstein duality, I can write the Wasserstein-1-...
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Is integration against an indicator Wasserstein-Continuous

Let $\mathcal{P}_p(X)$ denote the Wasserstein space over a compact metric space $X$, and $1\leq p<\infty$. Fix a non-empty closed subset $C\subseteq X$. Then is the map: $$ \mathbb{P} \mapsto \...
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Continuity of pushforward operation

Let $X$ and $Y$ be compact metric spaces and let $f,g:X\rightarrow Y$ be $\epsilon$-uniformly close; i.e.: $$ \sup_{x \in X} d_Y(f(x),g(x))<\epsilon. $$ Then, are their push-forwards close in ...
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Scaling behavior of Wasserstein distances

Let $p>1$ and $\mu\neq \nu$ be two probability measures on $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ a bounded set. For $\alpha \geq 0$, we let $$C_\alpha(\mu,\nu) = \inf_\sigma \frac{W_p(\mu+\sigma,\nu+\sigma)}...
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Effect of perturbing the atoms of a measure on the Wasserstein distance

Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space, $x_1,\ldots,x_N\in X$ and $x_1',\ldots,x_N'\in X$ be atoms, and $G=\sum_{i=1}^Np_i\delta_{x_i}$, $G'=\sum_{i=1}^Np_i'\delta_{x_i}$, and $G''=\sum_{i=1}^Np_i'\delta_{x_i'}...
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Parametric distances on product spaces of measures

Disclaimer: Please excuse my loose language. I'm neither an expert in geometry nor probability. Please ask for clarification if something appears unclear or awkward to you. Let $X$ be a topological ...
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Question about Wasserstein metric

Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be two probability measures on $\mathbb R^n$ with finite first moment. Denote by $d:=W_1(\mu,\nu)$, where $W_1(\cdot,\cdot)$ stands for the Wasserstein distance of order $1$. My ...