paper

A Free Probability Analogue of the Wasserstein Metric on the Trace-State Space

arXiv:math/0006044

Abstract

We define a free probability analogue of the Wasserstein metric, which extends the classical one. In dimension one, we prove that the square of the Wasserstein distance to the semi-circle distribution is majorized by a modified free entropy quantity.

14 pages, Incomplete Preliminary Version