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We compute the Riemannian connection and curvature for the Wasserstein space of a smooth compact Riemannian manifold.
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Communicated by P. Constantin
This research was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0604829.
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Lott, J. Some Geometric Calculations on Wasserstein Space. Commun. Math. Phys. 277, 423–437 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-007-0367-3
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