Finite multi-marginal couplings #
For finitely many finite spaces, a multi-marginal transport plan can be represented by a
probability mass function on the dependent product whose coordinate pushforwards are prescribed.
This file packages that finite model, its independent product coupling, its real-valued cost, and
the bridge to the measure-theoretic TauCeti.MultiCoupling API.
These definitions supply the finite coupling infrastructure used by the multi-marginal duality development in Layer 2, item 6 of the optimal-transport roadmap.
A finite multi-marginal coupling is a probability mass function on the dependent product whose pushforward by each coordinate evaluation is the prescribed marginal.
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Two finite multi-marginal couplings are equal when their point masses agree.
The marginal condition, in its canonical pushforward form.
The measure of a finite multi-marginal coupling is a measure-theoretic multi-coupling of the measures associated to its marginals.
A finite multi-marginal coupling, regarded as the bundled measure-theoretic coupling of the probability measures associated to its marginals.
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The measure underlying the bundled coupling associated to a finite coupling is the measure of its probability mass function.
The real cost of a finite multi-marginal coupling.
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The defining finite-sum formula for the cost of a multi-marginal coupling.
Adding a constant to the cost adds that constant to every plan's cost.
The finite-sum cost is the integral of the cost against the measure associated to the coupling.