Milman's contracting Gaussian transport conjecture under the CD condition

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Let dd be a positive integer, let (Rd,g,μ)(\mathbb{R}^d,g,\mu) satisfy CD(ρ,)\operatorname{CD}(\rho,\infty) for some ρ>0\rho>0, and define the centered Gaussian probability measure

γρd(dx)=cρdeρx2/2dx,\gamma_\rho^d(\mathrm{d}x)=c_\rho^d e^{-\rho|x|^2/2}\,\mathrm{d}x,

where cρd>0c_\rho^d>0 is a normalization constant. Milman's contracting Gaussian transport conjecture. There exists a map

T:(Rd,,γρd)(Rd,g,μ)T:(\mathbb{R}^d,|\cdot|,\gamma_\rho^d)\to(\mathbb{R}^d,g,\mu)

that pushes forward γρd\gamma_\rho^d onto μ\mu up to a finite constant and contracts the corresponding metrics. This is the transport-map counterpart of the Gaussian spectral comparison conjecture. The supplied text gives no evidence that this claim has been resolved.

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Primary source

Shrey Aryan, “Spectral Obstructions to Contracting Transport Maps on Curved Spaces”, arXiv:2605.24705 (2026).

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