On lagrangian solutions for the semi-geostrophic system with singular initial data

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1616-1640

  Feldman, Mikhail ^a   Tudorascu, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolutely continuous curves; Flows of maps; Optimal maps; Optimal mass transport; Semi geostrophic system; Wasserstein metric

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTELY CONTINUOUS CURVES; DISCRETE MEASURE; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; NATURAL GENERALIZATION; OPTIMAL MASS TRANSPORT; SEMI-GEOSTROPHIC SYSTEM; SINGULAR MEASURES; WASSERSTEIN METRIC;

OPTIMIZATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 84884753138     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: 10957111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/120870116     Document Type: Article

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