Constrained steepest descent in the 2-Wasserstein metric

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 807-846

  Carlen, E A ^a   Gangbo, W ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037821662     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2003.157.807     Document Type: Article

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