On free discontinuities in optimal transport

Abstract: It is well known that regularity results for the optimal transport (Monge-Kantorovich) problem require rigid geometric restrictions. In this talk, we consider the structure of the set of ``free discontinuities'' which arise when transporting mass from a connected domain to a disconnected one, and show regularity of this set, along with a stability result under suitable perturbations of the target measure. These are based on a non-smooth implicit function theorem for convex functions, which is of independent interest. This talk is based on joint work with Robert McCann (Univ. of Toronto).

mathematical physicsanalysis of PDEs

Audience: researchers in the topic

TAMU: Mathematical Physics and Harmonic Analysis Seminar