Special Session 10: Sharp inequalities and nonlinear differential equations

Geometric properties of sliced Wasserstein metric

Asuka TAKATSU
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Japan
Co-Author(s):    Jun KITAGAWA
Abstract:
The Wasserstein metric is a metric on the space of probability measures on a complete separable metric space. Even on Euclidean space, the Wasserstein metric is not easy to compute except for the one-dimensional case. To reduce the computational complexity, the sliced Wasserstein metric is introduced. In this talk, I introduce a two-parameter family of metrics on Euclidean space, including the sliced Wasserstein metric. I discuss its geometric properties emphasis on the difference from the Wasserstein metric. This is joint work with Jun KITAGAWA (Michigan State University).