Backward martingale transport and Fitzpatrick functions in pseudo-Euclidean spaces

We study an optimal transport problem with a backward martingale constraint in a pseudo-Euclidean space S. We show that the dual problem consists in the minimization of the expected values of the Fitzpatrick functions associated with maximal S-monotone sets. An optimal plan γ and an optimal maximal...

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Main Authors: Kramkov, D, Sîrbu, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Mathematical Statistics 2024
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Summary:We study an optimal transport problem with a backward martingale constraint in a pseudo-Euclidean space S. We show that the dual problem consists in the minimization of the expected values of the Fitzpatrick functions associated with maximal S-monotone sets. An optimal plan γ and an optimal maximal S-monotone set G are characterized by the condition that the support of γ is contained in the graph of the S-projection on G. For a Gaussian random variable Y, we get a unique decomposition: Y = X + Z , where X and Z are independent Gaussian random variables taking values, respectively, in complementary positive and negative linear subspaces of the S-space.