Robert McCann
Regular biography
Robert McCann is a Professor, CRC Chair, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) at the University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics. His research interests include areas such as optimal transport, geometry, and analysis. McCann's work is accessible through his university profile page and contact details. His academic contributions are reflected in his professional affiliations and institutional roles.
Scholar-generated biography
Robert McCann is a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto, specializing in optimal transportation. His research focuses on the mathematical theory and applications of optimal transportation, including its connections to geometry, analysis, and partial differential equations. McCann's work explores topics such as convexity principles, kinetic equilibration, and Monge-Ampère equations. He has contributed to the understanding of optimal maps, Wasserstein distances, and their applications in economics and physics. His research bridges pure and applied mathematics, emphasizing the role of optimal transportation in modeling complex systems and solving variational problems.