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Some obstructions to contraction theorems on the half-sphere

Functional Analysis 2024-02-08 v1 Probability

Abstract

Caffarelli's contraction theorem states that probability measures with uniformly logconcave densities on R d can be realized as the image of a standard Gaussian measure by a globally Lipschitz transport map. We discuss some counterexamples and obstructions that prevent a similar result from holding on the half-sphere endowed with a uniform measure, answering a question of Beck and Jerison.

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@article{arxiv.2402.04649,
  title  = {Some obstructions to contraction theorems on the half-sphere},
  author = {Max Fathi and Matthieu Fradelizi and Nathael Gozlan and Simon Zugmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.04649},
  year   = {2024}
}
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