Instability of the ray-monotone selector for $W_1$-optimal transport
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| contents | For the distance cost $c(x,y)=|x-y|$, the set $O(μ,ν)$ of $W_1$-optimal plans is generally not a singleton. Under the classical absolute-continuity hypotheses in the Euclidean case, secondary variational selection by the quadratic energy $C_2$ yields the ray-monotone $W_1$-optimal plan. We provide a counterexample to an open problem posed by Santambrogio that concerns the stability of this selector under weak convergence of the marginals. More precisely, we construct a fixed absolutely continuous source $μ$ and absolutely continuous targets $ν_n\rightharpoonupν$ such that $γ^{\mathrm{sel}}(μ,ν_n)\rightharpoonupγ^{\mathrm{hom}}$, where $γ^{\mathrm{hom}}\in O(μ,ν)$ but $γ^{\mathrm{hom}}\neqγ^{\mathrm{sel}}(μ,ν)$. We also identify the narrow Kuratowski limit of the optimal-plan sets $O(μ,ν_n)$, derive the constrained $Γ$-limit for secondary energies of the form $\int Φ(|x-y|)\,dγ$ with $Φ\in C([0,2])$, and deduce a non-commutation result for the additive perturbation $c_\varepsilon(x,y)=|x-y|+\varepsilon|x-y|^2$. |
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| spellingShingle | Instability of the ray-monotone selector for $W_1$-optimal transport Gwozdz, Maja Analysis of PDEs Optimization and Control 49Q22, 49J45, 49K40 For the distance cost $c(x,y)=|x-y|$, the set $O(μ,ν)$ of $W_1$-optimal plans is generally not a singleton. Under the classical absolute-continuity hypotheses in the Euclidean case, secondary variational selection by the quadratic energy $C_2$ yields the ray-monotone $W_1$-optimal plan. We provide a counterexample to an open problem posed by Santambrogio that concerns the stability of this selector under weak convergence of the marginals. More precisely, we construct a fixed absolutely continuous source $μ$ and absolutely continuous targets $ν_n\rightharpoonupν$ such that $γ^{\mathrm{sel}}(μ,ν_n)\rightharpoonupγ^{\mathrm{hom}}$, where $γ^{\mathrm{hom}}\in O(μ,ν)$ but $γ^{\mathrm{hom}}\neqγ^{\mathrm{sel}}(μ,ν)$. We also identify the narrow Kuratowski limit of the optimal-plan sets $O(μ,ν_n)$, derive the constrained $Γ$-limit for secondary energies of the form $\int Φ(|x-y|)\,dγ$ with $Φ\in C([0,2])$, and deduce a non-commutation result for the additive perturbation $c_\varepsilon(x,y)=|x-y|+\varepsilon|x-y|^2$. |
| title | Instability of the ray-monotone selector for $W_1$-optimal transport |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs Optimization and Control 49Q22, 49J45, 49K40 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15474 |