Optimal transport: Monge meets Riemann and Fourier

This short contribution summarizes a talk given on May 5, 2010, in Cairo, describing some unexpected links between the Monge problem of optimal transport, the Riemann curvature and the heat equation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cédric Villani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian Mathematical Society
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110256X11000101