The heat equation on manifolds as a gradient flow in the Wasserstein space

Matthias Erbar

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques (2010)

  • Volume: 46, Issue: 1, page 1-23
  • ISSN: 0246-0203

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We study the gradient flow for the relative entropy functional on probability measures over a riemannian manifold. To this aim we present a notion of a riemannian structure on the Wasserstein space. If the Ricci curvature is bounded below we establish existence and contractivity of the gradient flow using a discrete approximation scheme. Furthermore we show that its trajectories coincide with solutions to the heat equation.

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Erbar, Matthias. "The heat equation on manifolds as a gradient flow in the Wasserstein space." Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques 46.1 (2010): 1-23. <http://eudml.org/doc/241521>.

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