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Metric viscosity solutions and distance-like functions on the Wasserstein space

Analysis of PDEs 2025-01-03 v4

Abstract

Viscosity solutions to the eikonal equation |Du|g = 1, known to be exactly distance-like functions, on a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold (M,g) are crucial for understanding the underlying geometric and topological properties. In this work, we explore metric viscosity solutions, distance-like functions and their relationship on a metric space, especially on the Wasserstein space Pp(X) where X is a complete, separable, locally compact and non-compact geodesic space. Meanwhile, we provide two distinct ways to construct (strong) metric viscosity solutions on Pp(X) and study their properties.

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@article{arxiv.2311.10618,
  title  = {Metric viscosity solutions and distance-like functions on the Wasserstein space},
  author = {Huajian Jiang and Xiaojun Cui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.10618},
  year   = {2025}
}

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24 pages