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The Monge (co-motion) ansatz for three-marginal Coulomb transport in R3\mathbb R^3: is the optimum always attained by maps?

Theorem 1.1: there is ρ≥0\rho\ge0 with ∫ρ=1\int\rho=1 and ρ,ρ∈Cc∞(R3)\rho,\sqrt\rho\in C_c^\infty(\mathbb R^3) such that for μ=ρ dx\mu=\rho\,dx the three-marginal Coulomb minimum is finite and attained, but every pair of Borel maps T2,T3T_2,T_3 pushing μ\mu to itself has cost strictly above the minimum. The Monge and Kantorovich infima are nevertheless equal. The same holds for every Riesz cost ∑i<j∣xi−xj∣−s\sum_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|^{-s}, s>0s>0, in every dimension d≥2d\ge2, with a suitable density. It concerns one constructed density: it does not say Monge plans fail generically, and no external potential realizing the density is asserted.

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Occurred: Sep 25, 2026

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Theorem 1.1: there is ρ≥0\rho\ge0 with ∫ρ=1\int\rho=1 and ρ,ρ∈Cc∞(R3)\rho,\sqrt\rho\in C_c^\infty(\mathbb R^3) such that for μ=ρ dx\mu=\rho\,dx the three-marginal Coulomb minimum is finite and attained, but every pair of Borel maps T2,T3T_2,T_3 pushing μ\mu to itself has cost strictly above the minimum. The Monge and Kantorovich infima are nevertheless equal. The same holds for every Riesz cost ∑i<j∣xi−xj∣−s\sum_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|^{-s}, s>0s>0, in every dimension d≥2d\ge2, with a suitable density. It concerns one constructed density: it does not say Monge plans fail generically, and no external potential realizing the density is asserted. parent of this event

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