On the Jordan-Kinderlehrer-Otto variational scheme and constrained optimization in the Wasserstein metric

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-173

  Tudorascu, Adrian ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 41149149833     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-007-0134-5     Document Type: Article

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