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Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex domain and let $f:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a positive, subharmonic function (i.e. $\Delta f \geq 0$). Then $$ \frac{1}{|\Omega|} \int_{\Omega}{f dx} \leq \frac{c_n}{ |\partial \Omega| }…

We prove that, for general cost functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$, or for the cost $d^2/2$ on a Riemannian manifold, optimal transport maps between smooth densities are always smooth outside a closed singular set of measure zero.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-06 Guido De Philippis , Alessio Figalli

The quadratically regularized optimal transport problem is empirically known to have sparse solutions: its optimal coupling $\pi_{\varepsilon}$ has sparse support for small regularization parameter $\varepsilon$, in contrast to entropic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Alberto González-Sanz , Marcel Nutz

We study the obstacle problem associated with the Kolmogorov operator $\Delta_v - \partial_t - v\cdot\nabla_x$, which arises from the theory of optimal control in Asian-American options pricing models. Our first main contribution is to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-04 David Bowman

A key inequality which underpins the regularity theory of optimal transport for costs satisfying the Ma--Trudinger--Wang condition is the Pogorelov second derivative bound. This translates to an apriori interior $C^1$ estimate for smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-07 Simon Brendle , Flavien Léger , Robert J. McCann , Cale Rankin

Given an unbounded domain $\Omega$ of a Hadamard manifold $M$, it makes sense to consider the problem of finding minimal graphs with prescribed continuous data on its cone-topology-boundary, i.e., on its ordinary boundary together with its…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Miriam Telichevesky

We consider equations of the form $\Delta u +\lambda^2 V(x)e^{\,u}=\rho$ in various two dimensional settings. We assume that $V>0$ is a given function, $\lambda>0$ is a small parameter and $\rho=\mathcal O(1)$ or $\rho\to +\infty$ as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-02 Michal Kowalczyk , Angela Pistoia , Piotr Rybka , Giusi Vaira

This note concerns the relationship between conditions on cost functions and domains and the convexity properties of potentials in optimal transportation and the continuity of the associated optimal mappings. In particular, we prove that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Neil S. Trudnger , Xu-Jia Wang

We revisit and sharpen the results from our previous work, where we investigated the regularity of the singular set of the free boundary in the nonlinear obstacle problem. As in the work of Figalli-Serra on the classical obstacle problem,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-29 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

We introduce a convergent finite difference method for solving the optimal transportation problem on the sphere. The method applies to both the traditional squared geodesic cost (arising in mesh generation) and a logarithmic cost (arising…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Brittany Froese Hamfeldt , Axel G. R. Turnquist

We discuss the optimal regularity and nondegeneracy of a free boundary problem related to the fractional Laplacian. This work is related to, but addresses a different problem from, recent work of Caffarelli, Roquejoffre, and Sire. A variant…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-08 Ray Yang

Let a planar residual set be a set obtained by removing countably many disjoint topological disks from an open set in the plane. We prove that the residual set of a planar packing by curves that satisfy a certain lower curvature bound has…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-10-05 Steven Maio , Dimitrios Ntalampekos

We study the Monopolist's problem with a focus on the free boundary separating bunched from unbunched consumers, especially in the plane, and give a full description of its solution for the family of square domains $\{(a,a+1)^2\}_{a \ge…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Robert J. McCann , Cale Rankin , Kelvin Shuangjian Zhang

In this paper we study the existence, the optimal regularity of solutions, and the regularity of the free boundary near the so-called \emph{regular points} in a thin obstacle problem that arises as the local extension of the obstacle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Agnid Banerjee , Donatella Danielli , Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan

We establish improved hypoelliptic estimates on the solutions of kinetic transport equations, using a suitable decomposition of the phase space. Our main result shows that the relative compactness in all variables of a bounded family…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-29 Diogo Arsénio , Laure Saint-Raymond

Let $(\Omega,g)$ be a piecewise-smooth, bounded convex domain in $\R^2$ and consider $L^2$-normalized Neumann eigenfunctions $\phi_{\lambda}$ with eigenvalue $\lambda^2$ and $u_{\lambda}:= \phi_{\lambda} |_{\partial \Omega}$ the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Hans Christianson , John A. Toth

We study Monge's optimal transportation problem, where the cost is given by optimal control cost. We prove the existence and uniqueness of an optimal map under certain regularity conditions on the Lagrangian, absolute continuity of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-11-24 Andrei Agrachev , Paul Lee

The dynamical formulation of optimal transport, also known as Benamou-Brenier formulation or Computational Fluid Dynamics formulation, amounts to write the optimal transport problem as the optimization of a convex functional under a PDE…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-25 Hugo Lavenant

In this paper, we study the optimal transport problem induced by separable cost functions. In this framework, transportation can be expressed as the composition of two lower-dimensional movements. Through this reformulation, we prove that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Gennaro Auricchio

We study the convergence of the transport plans $\gamma_\epsilon$ towards $\gamma_0$ as well as the cost of the entropy-regularized optimal transport $(c,\gamma_\epsilon)$ towards $(c,\gamma_0)$ as the regularization parameter $\epsilon$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Hugo Malamut , Maxime Sylvestre