Sharp one-third stability of Brenier maps

Formal proof listed 1 paper September 25, 2026
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For uniform source measure ρ on a compact convex body with interior in dimension at least two, quadratic optimal transport maps satisfy ∥Tμ−Tν∥L2(ρ)≤CW2(μ,ν)1/3\|T_\mu-T_\nu\|_{L^2(\rho)}\le C W_2(\mu,\nu)^{1/3} uniformly over targets in a fixed compact set. The exponent is sharp, even for three-atom targets, disproving Letrouit's conjectured square-root bound.

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