Gradient Flows in Wasserstein Space and Curvature-Dimension Inequalities on Metric Measure Spaces
Abstract
We establish a rigorous equivalence between the K-displacement convexity of the Boltzmann-Shannon entropy functional and the Evolution Variational Inequality formulation of gradient flows in the Wasserstein space over metric measure spaces.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Point processes and geometric inequalities
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 4 January 2026