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Construct a Bregman divergence from Wasserstein distance
I was wondering whether one has studied the Bregman divergence arising from a squared Wasserstein distance.
More precisely, let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a compact set and $c\in \Omega\times \...
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An approximation problem w.r.t marginal distribution of coordinates of uniform random vector on high-dimensional unit-sphere
Let $X=(X_1,\ldots,X_d)$ be uniformly distributed on the sphere of radius $\sqrt{d}$ in $\mathbb R^d$. Fix a "sufficiently integrable" function $h:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$, and define ...
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Empirical estimation of Brenier map from data
Let $f:\mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R$ be a "nice" (say, continuous) function define $A = A_f := \{x \in \mathbb R^d \mid f(x) \ge 0\}$ and $B =B_f:= \{x \in \mathbb R^d \mid f(x) \le 0\}$, and ...
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Wasserstein distance between $N(0,1/d)$ and the marginal distribution of $x_1$ when $x=(x_1,\ldots,x_d)$ is uniform on the unit-sphere in $R^d$
Let $x=(x_1,\ldots,x_d)$ be uniformly distributed on the unit-sphere in $\mathbb R^d$.
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What is a good upper-bound for Wasserstein distance between $N(0,1/d)$ and the marginal distribution ...
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Relationship between a certain binary optimal transport and total-variation of modified distributions
Let $\mathcal X$ be a Polish space, and let $(N_x)_{x \in \mathcal X}$ be a system of closed neighborhoods in $\mathcal X$. Define $\Omega := \{(x,x') \in \mathcal X^2 \mid N_x \cap N_{x'} = \emptyset\...
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Empirical estimation of $\inf_{\gamma \in \Pi(\mu,\nu)}\gamma(\Omega)$, given i.i.d samples from $\mu$ and $\nu$
Let $\mathcal X$ be a Polish space and $\Omega \subseteq \mathcal X^2$ be open. Let $\mu$ and $\nu$ be probability measures, and consider the quantity $c_\Omega(\mu,\nu)$ defined by
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c_\Omega(\mu,\...
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Expectation of maximal Wasserstein distance between empirical distribution and a pdf
Let $P$ be a continuous probability distribution on $R^d$, $X$ the random variable $\sim P$, and $
\hat{X}$ be n i.i.d samples drawn according to $P$. We have another variable $\mu \in S^{d-1}$.
Do ...
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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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Wasserstein convergence of conditional measures
Suppose $W_r(\mu_n,\mu)\to0$, where $\mu_n$ and $\mu$ are discrete probability measures on some metric space $\Omega$, and that all measures have the same number of atoms $d$ (but not the same atoms):
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Manifold of probability measures: connections between two types of metrics
The space of probability measures could be viewed as an infinite-dimensional manifold, equipped with two possible types of metrics — (1) Wasserstein and (2) Fisher-Rao. Metric (1) is connected with ...
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Earth mover/Wasserstein distance between a pdf and an empirical distribution
This question is inspired by this much older question:
Convergence of an empirical distribution w.r.t. the Hellinger distance
Let $P$ be a continuous probability distribution on a compact subset of $...
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