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On the Well-Posedness of Branched Transportation

Maria Colombo
2021
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Abstract

We show in full generality the stability of optimal transport paths in branched transport: namely, we prove that any limit of optimal transport paths is optimal as well. This solves an open problem in the field (cf. Open problem 1 in the book Optimal transportation networks by Bernot, Caselles, and Morel), which has been addressed up to now only under restrictive assumptions. (c) 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC

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Maria Colombo
2021
Journal Articles

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