On the Martingale SchrĂśdinger Bridge between Two Distributions

Marcel Nutz, Johannes Wiesel

Published: 2024/1/10

Abstract

We study a martingale Schr\"odinger bridge problem: given two probability distributions, find their martingale coupling with minimal relative entropy. Our main result provides Schr\"odinger potentials for this coupling. Namely, under certain conditions, the log-density of the optimal coupling is given by a triplet of real functions representing the marginal and martingale constraints. The potentials are also described as the solution of a dual problem.