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Uspekhi Mat. Nauk, 2012 Volume 67, Issue 5(407), Pages 3–110 (Mi rm9490)

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The Monge–Kantorovich problem: achievements, connections, and perspectives

V. I. Bogachevab, A. V. Kolesnikovc

a M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
b St. Tikhon's Orthodox University
c Higher School of Economics

Abstract: This article gives a survey of recent research related to the Monge–Kantorovich problem. Principle results are presented on the existence of solutions and their properties both in the Monge optimal transportation problem and the Kantorovich optimal plan problem, along with results on the connections between both problems and the cases when they are equivalent. Diverse applications of these problems in non-linear analysis, probability theory, and differential geometry are discussed.
Bibliography: 196 titles.

Keywords: Monge problem, Kantorovich problem, optimal transportation, transport inequality, Kantorovich–Rubinshtein metric.

UDC: 519.2+517.9

MSC: 28C20, 35J96, 49Q20, 60B05

Received: 20.06.2012

DOI: 10.4213/rm9490


 English version:
Russian Mathematical Surveys, 2012, 67:5, 785–890

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