Quantitative uniqueness for unbounded target measures under common costs

Investigate whether quantitative uniqueness bounds analogous to Theorem 4 can be established when the target measure μ is unbounded for standard costs, specifically for p-costs c(x,y)=||x−y||^p.

Background

The quantitative results in the paper assume the target support Y is bounded (compact), which facilitates uniform control of cost gradients and the geometry of optimal plans. The authors provide L∞ and Lq bounds under these assumptions, and extend to some unbounded-source settings with additional conditions.

They explicitly raise the question of whether comparable quantitative uniqueness phenomena persist when the target measure μ is unbounded for commonly used costs such as p-costs.

References

Regarding the quantitative uniqueness of Kantorovich potentials, interesting open questions include: Does some form of quantitative uniqueness result hold for unbounded target measures with common costs, such as $p$-costs?

Quantitative Uniqueness of Kantorovich Potentials  (2603.29595 - Ford, 31 Mar 2026) in Subsection 'Open problems'