Free boundaries in optimal transport and Monge-Ampère obstacle problems

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 673-730

  Caffarelli, Luis A ^a   Mccann, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 77954179277     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4007/annals.2010.171.673     Document Type: Review

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