Optimal transport for some symmetric, multidimensional integer partitions

Abstract

A result of Hohloch links the theory of integer partitions with the Monge formulation of the optimal transport problem, giving the optimal transport map between (Young diagrams of) integer partitions and their corresponding symmetric partitions. Our aim is to extend Hohloch's result to the higher dimensional case. In doing so, we show the Kantorovich formulation of the optimal transport problem provides the tool to study the matching of higher dimensional partitions with their corresponding symmetric partitions.