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Main Author: Gwozdz, Maja
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29600
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contents We address Steinerberger's Wasserstein transport problem on the cube $Q=[0,1]^d$. For every $d\ge2$, we consider a dyadic digital sequence $(x_n)\subset Q$ and prove that every prefix $\{x_1,\dots,x_N\}$ admits an exact equal-mass transport partition at the optimal scale. More precisely, for every $N\in\mathbb{N}$, there exist pairwise disjoint Borel sets $A_1,\dots,A_N\subset Q$ such that \[ λ_d(A_n)=\frac1N,\qquad A_n\subset B(x_n,6\sqrt d\,N^{-1/d})\qquad(1\le n\le N), \] and $λ_d\!\bigl(Q\setminus\bigcup_{n=1}^N A_n\bigr)=0$. In other terms, every prefix of the sequence supports an exact transport allocation of Lebesgue mass to its points with uniformly controlled radius $O(N^{-1/d})$. By an elementary partition criterion, this yields \[ W_\infty\!\left(\frac1N\sum_{n=1}^Nδ_{x_n},\,λ_d\right)\le 6\sqrt d\,N^{-1/d} \qquad(N\in\mathbb{N}). \] The bound holds for every $1\le p\le\infty$. The exponent $1/d$ is optimal, so it gives the sharp uniform prefix rate on the cube. The result settles Steinerberger's problem for all $d\ge1$ and all $1\le p\le\infty$.
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spellingShingle Uniform optimal-order Wasserstein quantisation
Gwozdz, Maja
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Number Theory
49Q22, 11K38, 11K31
We address Steinerberger's Wasserstein transport problem on the cube $Q=[0,1]^d$. For every $d\ge2$, we consider a dyadic digital sequence $(x_n)\subset Q$ and prove that every prefix $\{x_1,\dots,x_N\}$ admits an exact equal-mass transport partition at the optimal scale. More precisely, for every $N\in\mathbb{N}$, there exist pairwise disjoint Borel sets $A_1,\dots,A_N\subset Q$ such that \[ λ_d(A_n)=\frac1N,\qquad A_n\subset B(x_n,6\sqrt d\,N^{-1/d})\qquad(1\le n\le N), \] and $λ_d\!\bigl(Q\setminus\bigcup_{n=1}^N A_n\bigr)=0$. In other terms, every prefix of the sequence supports an exact transport allocation of Lebesgue mass to its points with uniformly controlled radius $O(N^{-1/d})$. By an elementary partition criterion, this yields \[ W_\infty\!\left(\frac1N\sum_{n=1}^Nδ_{x_n},\,λ_d\right)\le 6\sqrt d\,N^{-1/d} \qquad(N\in\mathbb{N}). \] The bound holds for every $1\le p\le\infty$. The exponent $1/d$ is optimal, so it gives the sharp uniform prefix rate on the cube. The result settles Steinerberger's problem for all $d\ge1$ and all $1\le p\le\infty$.
title Uniform optimal-order Wasserstein quantisation
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
Number Theory
49Q22, 11K38, 11K31
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29600