Multi-Marginal Optimal Transport Defines a Generalized Metric

01/29/2020

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by   Liang Mi, et al.

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We prove that the multi-marginal optimal transport (MMOT) problem defines a generalized metric. In addition, we prove that the distance induced by MMOT satisfies a generalized triangle inequality that, to leading order, cannot be improved.