Weak semiconvexity estimates for Schrödinger potentials and logarithmic Sobolev inequality for Schrödinger bridges

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Conforti, Giovanni
• 署名单位: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Ecole Polytechnique
• 刊物名称: PROBABILITY THEORY AND RELATED FIELDS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0178-8051
• DOI: 10.1007/s00440-024-01264-6
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 1045-1071
• 关键词: percolation; uniqueness

摘要

We investigate the quadratic Schrodinger bridge problem, a.k.a. Entropic Optimal Transport problem, and obtain weak semiconvexity and semiconcavity bounds on Schrodinger potentials under mild assumptions on the marginals that are substantially weaker than log-concavity. We deduce from these estimates that Schrodinger bridges satisfy a logarithmic Sobolev inequality on the product space. Our proof strategy is based on a second order analysis of coupling by reflection on the characteristics of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation that reveals the existence of new classes of invariant functions for the corresponding flow.