Product decomposition conjecture for densities on the torus

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Let Dens(Tn)\mathrm{Dens}({\mathbb T}^n) denote the smooth normalized densities on the nn-torus, and let Diffdx(Tn)\mathrm{Diff}_{\mathrm{d}x}({\mathbb T}^n) denote the volume-preserving diffeomorphisms. For μ∈Dens(Tn)\mu\in\mathrm{Dens}({\mathbb T}^n), seek a volume-preserving change of coordinates.

Product decomposition conjecture. Given μ∈Dens(Tn)\mu\in\mathrm{Dens}({\mathbb T}^n), there exist η∈Diffdx(Tn)\eta\in\mathrm{Diff}_{\mathrm{d}x}({\mathbb T}^n) and functions λk ⁣:S1→R+\lambda_k\colon S^1\to{\mathbb R}^{+} such that

(η∗μ)(x1,…,xn)=λ1(x1)λ2(x2)⋯λn(xn) dx.(\eta^*\mu)(x_1,\ldots,x_n)=\lambda_1(x_1)\lambda_2(x_2)\cdots\lambda_n(x_n)\,\mathrm{d}x.

This would provide an infinite-dimensional analogue of spectral decomposition for symmetric matrices by representing a density, up to a volume-preserving coordinate change, as a product of one-variable factors. The source does not state a resolution.

References

Primary source

Klas Modin, “Geometry of Matrix Decompositions Seen Through Optimal Transport and Information Geometry”, arXiv:1601.01875 (2017).

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