# A Numerical Method for the Elliptic Monge-Ampère Equation with Transport Boundary Conditions

@article{Froese2012ANM,
title={A Numerical Method for the Elliptic Monge-Amp{\e}re Equation with Transport Boundary Conditions},
author={Brittany D. Froese},
journal={SIAM J. Sci. Comput.},
year={2012},
volume={34}
}
The problem of optimal mass transport arises in numerous applications including image registration, mesh generation, reflector design, and astrophysics. One approach to solving this problem is via the Monge-Amp\ere equation. While recent years have seen much work in the development of numerical methods for solving this equation, very little has been done on the implementation of the transport boundary condition. In this paper, we propose a method for solving the transport problem by…
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