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The geometry of optimal transportation

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  1. School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

    Wilfrid Gangbo

  2. Department of Mathematics, Brown University, 02912, Providence, RI, U.S.A.

    Robert J. McCann

  3. Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 91440, Bures-sur-Yvette, France

    Robert J. McCann

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Gangbo, W., McCann, R.J. The geometry of optimal transportation. Acta Math. 177, 113–161 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392620

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