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A least-squares method for solving the hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere equation with transport boundary condition is introduced. The method relies on an iterative procedure for the gradient of the solution, the so-called mapping. By formulating…

We consider the Monge-Kantorovich optimal transportation problem between two measures, one of which is a weighted sum of Diracs. This problem is traditionally solved using expensive geometric methods. It can also be reformulated as an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-08-05 Jean-David Benamou , Brittany D. Froese

We present a numerical method to solve the optimal transport problem with a quadratic cost when the source and target measures are periodic probability densities. This method is based on a numerical resolution of the corresponding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-02 Louis-Philippe Saumier , Martial Agueh , Boualem Khouider

In this paper, we introduce a dynamical urban planning model. This leads us to study a system of nonlinear equations coupled through multi-marginal optimal transport problems. A simple case consists in solving two equations coupled through…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-04 Maxime Laborde

We present a deep generative model, named Monge-Amp\`ere flow, which builds on continuous-time gradient flow arising from the Monge-Amp\`ere equation in optimal transport theory. The generative map from the latent space to the data space…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-28 Linfeng Zhang , Weinan E , Lei Wang

Optimal transport problems pose many challenges when considering their numerical treatment. We investigate the solution of a PDE-constrained optimisation problem subject to a particular transport equation arising from the modelling of image…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-15 Roland Herzog , John W. Pearson , Martin Stoll

In this paper, we propose a novel neural network framework, the Legendre-Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (Legendre-KAN) method, designed to solve fully nonlinear Monge-Amp\`ere equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The architecture…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Bingcheng Hu , Lixiang Jin , Zhaoxiang Li

In this paper, we study flexibility of weak solutions to the Monge-Amp\`ere system (MA) via convex integration. This new system of Pdes is an extension of the Monge-Amp\`ere equation in $d=2$ dimensions, naturally arising from the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Marta Lewicka

The convexity of solutions to boundary value problems for fully nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations (such as real or complex $k$-Hessian equations) is a challenging topic. In this paper, we establish the power convexity of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-01 Wei Zhang , Qi Zhou

We prove a convergence result for a natural discretization of the Dirichlet problem of the elliptic Monge-Ampere equation using finite dimensional spaces of piecewise polynomial C0 or C1 functions. Standard discretizations of the type…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Gerard Awanou

A Lagrangian numerical scheme for solving nonlinear degenerate Fokker-Planck equations in space dimensions $d\ge2$ is presented. It applies to a large class of nonlinear diffusion equations, whose dynamics are driven by internal energies…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-18 José A. Carrillo , Bertram Düring , Daniel Matthes , David S. McCormick

The theory of viscosity solutions has been effective for representing and approximating weak solutions to fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) such as the elliptic Monge-Amp\`ere equation. The approximation theory of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-05 Brittany D. Froese , Adam M. Oberman

We establish that solving an optimal transportation problem in which the source and target densities are defined on manifolds with different dimensions, is equivalent to solving a new nonlocal analog of the Monge-Amp\`ere equation,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Robert J McCann , Brendan Pass

In this paper we develop adaptive numerical schemes for certain nonlinear variational problems. The discretization of the variational problems is done by representing the solution as a suitable frame decomposition, i.e., a complete, stable,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Charina , C. Conti , M. Fornasier

We present two numerical methods for the fully nonlinear elliptic Monge-Ampere equation. The first is a pseudo transient continuation method and the second is a pure pseudo time marching method. The methods are proven to converge to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-01 Gerard Awanou

We study Monge-Amp\`ere gravity (MAG) as an effective theory of cosmological structure formation through optimal transport theory. MAG is based on the Monge-Amp\`ere equation, a nonlinear version of the Poisson equation, that relates the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-13 Bruno Lévy , Yann Brenier , Roya Mohayaee

Adaptive meshes have the potential to improve the accuracy and efficiency of atmospheric modelling by increasing resolution where it is most needed. Mesh re-distribution, or r-adaptivity, adapts by moving the mesh without changing the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-11 Hiroe Yamazaki , Hilary Weller , Colin J. Cotter , Philip A. Browne

This paper develops a rigorous analytic framework for the hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere equation on strip-like domains, which model wrinkled patterns in thin elastic sheets. Our work addresses the rigid side of the classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Maria Deliyianni , Shankar C. Venkataramani

We construct solutions to Monge-Amp\`ere equations whose Monge-Amp\`ere measures contain singular components supported on low codimensional sets. We also study the regularity of such solutions. To motivate our construction, we present…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Arghya Rakshit , Aranya Sen

We study the eigenvalue problem for the complex Monge-Amp\`ere operator in bounded hyperconvex domains in $\C^n$, where the right-hand side is a non-pluripolar positive Borel measure. We establish the uniqueness of eigenfunctions in the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Chinh H. Lu , Ahmed Zeriahi