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==The Optimal Transport Problem==
==The Optimal Transport Problem==
Unless otherwise specified, all topics are for general cost functions ''c(x,y)''.
* Monge Problem; Villani (3-4, 6-9), Santambrogio (xiv-xvii,1-9)
* Kantorovich Problem; Villani (1-3, 6-9), Santambrogio (xv-xvii,1-9)
* Kantorovich Dual Problem (for general costs); Villani (17-21), Santambrogio (9-16)
* Kantorovich Dual Problem (for <math> c(x,y) = d(x,y) </math> where <math> d </math> is a metric); Villani (34)
* Kantorovich Dual Problem (for <math> c(x,y) = d(x,y)^2 </math> where <math> d </math> is a metric); Santambrogio (16-18)
* Optimal Transport and the Monge Ampère equation; Santambrogio (xvi, 54-57)


==Numerical Methods for Optimal Transport==
==Variants of Optimal Transport Problems==  
* Discrete Optimal Transport; Villani (5), Santambrogio (235-237), Peyré Cuturi (7-12)
* Entropic optimal transport and the Schrödinger bridge problem [https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~saito/data/acha.read.s19/leonard_survey-schroedinger-problem-optxport.pdf][https://www.math.columbia.edu/~mnutz/docs/EOT_lecture_notes.pdf]
* Auction Algorithm; Santambrogio (238-240); Peyré Cuturi (37-39, 52-56)
* Multi-marginal optimal transport and density functional theory
* Entropic Regularization; Santambrogio (240-241); Peyré Cuturi (57-62)
* Sinkhorn's Algorithm; Peyré Cuturi (62-73)
* Semidiscrete Optimal Transport (for <math> c(x,y) = |x-y|^2 </math>); Santambrogio (242-248); Peyré Cuturi (85-89)


==Applications of Optimal Transport==
==The 2-Wasserstein Metric==
* Machine Learning [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024256/ Kolouri, et al, ''Optimal Mass Transport: Signal processing and machine-learning applications'']
* Benamou-Brenier dynamic characterization of W2; Santambrogio (187-198); Villani (238-249) (make sure to cite existing wiki article on [[Geodesics and generalized geodesics]])
* Economic Matching Problems; Santambrogio (44-48) [https://academic-oup-com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:9443/ectj/article/20/2/C1/5051096 Galichon, ''A survey of some recent applications of optimal transport methods to econometrics'']
* Displacement convexity; Santambrogio (249-251,271-276); Villani (150-154) (make sure to cite existing wiki article on [[Geodesics and generalized geodesics]])
* Collider Events
* 2-Wasserstein metric and Ricci curvature; Figalli-Glaudo (112-114); [https://cedricvillani.org/sites/dev/files/old_images/2012/08/P12.CIME_.pdf]
* Optimal Control
* ...?


I'm hoping graduate students in other areas of science may write an article about how they are using optimal transport :). If you would like me to suggest references, let me know!
==Numerical Methods for Optimal Transport==
* Computing OT via Benamou-Brenier; Santambrogio (220-225); Peyré, Cuturi (102-108)
* Wasserstein Barycenters; Santambrogio (215-218); Peyré, Cuturi (138-144)


==Mathematical Foundations: Functional Analysis==
==Mathematical Foundations:==
* The dual of <math> C_o(X) </math> vs. <math> C_b(X) </math>; Villani (39-43); Santambrogio (4); Rudin ''Real and Complex Analysis'' (127-132)
* Gradient flows in metric spaces; Figalli-Glaudo (107-108); Santambrogio, 'OT for Applied Mathematicians' (285-290); Santambrogio, 'Euclidean, Metric, and Wasserstein GFs' (90-107; don't need to cover all topics, just what interests you)
* [[Convergence of Measures and Metrizability]] (click on link for references and explanation)


==Mathematical Foundations: Optimization==
==Applications:==
* Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks [https://leon.bottou.org/publications/pdf/icml-2017.pdf], [https://nemo.kiwi/studies/M1/ML/report.pdf]
* Optimal transport methods in economics; see introduction of book by Galichon (I have a copy you can borrow) and [https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04700]
* Quantization and Lloyd's algorithm [https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03256039/document], [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-01947-1_7.pdf], [https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-319-99689-9_6.pdf]

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The Optimal Transport Problem

Variants of Optimal Transport Problems

  • Entropic optimal transport and the Schrödinger bridge problem [1][2]
  • Multi-marginal optimal transport and density functional theory

The 2-Wasserstein Metric

  • Benamou-Brenier dynamic characterization of W2; Santambrogio (187-198); Villani (238-249) (make sure to cite existing wiki article on Geodesics and generalized geodesics)
  • Displacement convexity; Santambrogio (249-251,271-276); Villani (150-154) (make sure to cite existing wiki article on Geodesics and generalized geodesics)
  • 2-Wasserstein metric and Ricci curvature; Figalli-Glaudo (112-114); [3]

Numerical Methods for Optimal Transport

  • Computing OT via Benamou-Brenier; Santambrogio (220-225); Peyré, Cuturi (102-108)
  • Wasserstein Barycenters; Santambrogio (215-218); Peyré, Cuturi (138-144)

Mathematical Foundations:

  • Gradient flows in metric spaces; Figalli-Glaudo (107-108); Santambrogio, 'OT for Applied Mathematicians' (285-290); Santambrogio, 'Euclidean, Metric, and Wasserstein GFs' (90-107; don't need to cover all topics, just what interests you)

Applications:

  • Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks [4], [5]
  • Optimal transport methods in economics; see introduction of book by Galichon (I have a copy you can borrow) and [6]
  • Quantization and Lloyd's algorithm [7], [8], [9]