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An Egorov Theorem for Wasserstein Distances

Quantum Physics 2025-09-10 v1 Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We prove a new version of Egorov's theorem formulated in the Schr\"{o}dinger picture of quantum mechanics, using the pp-Wasserstein metric applied to the Husimi functions of quantum states. The special case p=1p=1 corresponds to a "low-regularity" Egorov theorem, while larger values p>1p>1 yield progressively stronger estimates. As a byproduct of our analysis, we prove an optimal transport inequality analogous to a result of Golse and Paul in the context of mean-field many-body quantum mechanics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.07185,
  title  = {An Egorov Theorem for Wasserstein Distances},
  author = {Jordan Cotler and Felipe Hernández},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07185},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages

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