A dynamical formulation of multi-marginal optimal transport

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Main Authors: Pass, Brendan, Shenfeld, Yair
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author Pass, Brendan
Shenfeld, Yair
author_facet Pass, Brendan
Shenfeld, Yair
contents We present a primal-dual dynamical formulation of the multi-marginal optimal transport problem for (semi-)convex cost functions. Even in the two-marginal setting, this formulation applies to cost functions not covered by the classical dynamical approach of Benamou-Brenier. Our dynamical formulation yields a convex optimization problem, enabling the use of convex optimization tools to find quasi-Monge solutions of the static multi-marginal problem for translation-invariant costs. We illustrate our results numerically with proximal splitting methods.
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spellingShingle A dynamical formulation of multi-marginal optimal transport
Pass, Brendan
Shenfeld, Yair
Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
49Q22, 35F21, 49N15, 90C46
We present a primal-dual dynamical formulation of the multi-marginal optimal transport problem for (semi-)convex cost functions. Even in the two-marginal setting, this formulation applies to cost functions not covered by the classical dynamical approach of Benamou-Brenier. Our dynamical formulation yields a convex optimization problem, enabling the use of convex optimization tools to find quasi-Monge solutions of the static multi-marginal problem for translation-invariant costs. We illustrate our results numerically with proximal splitting methods.
title A dynamical formulation of multi-marginal optimal transport
topic Optimization and Control
Analysis of PDEs
Probability
49Q22, 35F21, 49N15, 90C46
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22494