Optimal Transport Old and New /

• Main Author: Villani, Cédric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics, 338
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Partial differential equations.; Differential geometry.; Calculus of variations.; Partial Differential Equations.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Differential Geometry.

At the close of the 1980s, the independent contributions of Yann Brenier, Mike Cullen and John Mather launched a revolution in the venerable field of optimal transport founded by G. Monge in the 18th century, which has made breathtaking forays into various other domains of mathematics ever since. Th...