Variational problems and optimal transport

Crédit : 6 ECTS
Langue du cours : anglais

Volume horaire

  • CM : 24 h
  • Volume horaire global (hors stage) : 24 h

Compétences à acquérir

Mastering of variational and optimal transport methods used in economy.

Description du contenu de l'enseignement

Chapter 1: Convexity in the calculus of variations -separation theorems, Legendre transforms, subdifferentiability, -convex duality by a general perturbation argument, special cases (Fenchel-Rockafellar, linear programming, zero sum games, Lagrangian duality) -calculus of variations: the role of convexity, relaxation, Euler-Lagrange equations Chapter 2: The optimal transport problem of Monge and Kantorovich -The forrmulations of Monge and Kantorovich, examples and special cases (dimension one, the assignment problem, Birkhoff theorem), Kantorovich as a relaxation of Monge -Kantorovich duality -Twisted costs, existence of Monge solutions, Brenier's theorem, Monge-Ampère equation, OT proof of the isoperimetric inequality -the distance cost case and its connection with minimal flows Chapter 3: Dynamic optimal transport, Wasserstein spaces, gradient flows -Wasserstein spaces -Benamou-Brenier formula and geodesics, displacement convexity -gradient flows, a starter: the Fokker-Planck equation, general theory for lambda-convex functionals Chapter 4: Computational OT and applications -Entropic OT, Sinkhorn algorithm and its convergence -Matching problems, barycenters, -Wasserstein distances as a loss, Wasserstein GANs

Enseignant responsable

GUILLAUME CARLIER



Année universitaire 2023 - 2024 - Fiche modifiée le : 02-04-2026 (16H45) - Sous réserve de modification.