First variation formula in wasserstein spaces over compact alexandrov spaces

Canadian Mathematical Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 723-735

  Gigli, Nicola ^a   Ohta, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrov spaces; First variation formula; Gradient flow; Wasserstein spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871778243     PISSN: 00084395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4153/CMB-2011-110-3     Document Type: Article

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