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Path functionals over Wasserstein spaces

Alessio Brancolini, Giuseppe Buttazzo, Filippo Santambrogio (2006)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Given a metric space X we consider a general class of functionals which measure the cost of a path in X joining two given points x 0 and x 1 , providing abstract existence results for optimal paths. The results are then applied to the case when X is aWasserstein space of probabilities on a given set Ω and the cost of a path depends on the value of classical functionals over measures. Conditions for linking arbitrary extremal measures μ 0 and μ 1 by means of finite cost paths are given.

Subriemannian geodesics of Carnot groups of step 3

Kanghai Tan, Xiaoping Yang (2013)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

In Carnot groups of step  ≤ 3, all subriemannian geodesics are proved to be normal. The proof is based on a reduction argument and the Goh condition for minimality of singular curves. The Goh condition is deduced from a reformulation and a calculus of the end-point mapping which boils down to the graded structures of Carnot groups.

The rectifiable distance in the unitary Fredholm group

Esteban Andruchow, Gabriel Larotonda (2010)

Studia Mathematica

Let U c ( ) = u: u unitary and u-1 compact stand for the unitary Fredholm group. We prove the following convexity result. Denote by d the rectifiable distance induced by the Finsler metric given by the operator norm in U c ( ) . If u , u , u U c ( ) and the geodesic β joining u₀ and u₁ in U c ( ) satisfy d ( u , β ) < π / 2 , then the map f ( s ) = d ( u , β ( s ) ) is convex for s ∈ [0,1]. In particular, the convexity radius of the geodesic balls in U c ( ) is π/4. The same convexity property holds in the p-Schatten unitary groups U p ( ) = u: u unitary and u-1 in the p-Schatten class...

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