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Main Authors: Selitskiy, Anton, Millard, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05569
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author Selitskiy, Anton
Millard, David
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Millard, David
contents This paper shows that the semi-dual formulation of the optimal transport problem has a degenerate saddle-point structure, and that its numerical solution is equivalent to solving a constrained optimization problem. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of Monge maps without requiring optimality of the dual potential. This analysis helps explain why, in practice, numerical algorithms often require more iterations to update the transport map than the potential.
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spellingShingle Stability of the Monge Map in Semi-Dual Optimal Transport
Selitskiy, Anton
Millard, David
Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
This paper shows that the semi-dual formulation of the optimal transport problem has a degenerate saddle-point structure, and that its numerical solution is equivalent to solving a constrained optimization problem. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the convergence of Monge maps without requiring optimality of the dual potential. This analysis helps explain why, in practice, numerical algorithms often require more iterations to update the transport map than the potential.
title Stability of the Monge Map in Semi-Dual Optimal Transport
topic Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05569