Dr. Cristian E. Gutierrez is a Professor at Temple University. His research areas include partial differential equations, geometric optics, optimal transport, and electromagnetism. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, a Member of the Academy of Sciences of Argentina, and a Member of the Academy of Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy.

Explores the connection between optimal transport and geometric optics, focusing on the design of free-form lenses

Offers self-contained presentation, with detailed explanations and full proofs of the theorems and results

Leverages optimal transport principles for the design of non-rotationally symmetric lenses

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The normal mapping or subdifferential.-Chapter 3 Sinkhorn's theorem and application to the distribution problem.- Chapter4 Monge-Kantorovich distance.- Chapter 5 Multivalued measure preserving maps.- Chapter 6 Kantorovich Dual Problem.- Chapter 7 Brenier and Aleksandrov solutions.- Chapter 8 Cyclical monotonicity.- Chapter 9 Quadratic cost.- Chapter 10 Brenier 's Polar Factorization Theorem.- Chapter 11 Benamou and Brenier formula.- Chapter 12 Snell's law of refraction.- Chapter 13 Solution of the far field refractor problem < 1.- Chapter 14 Proof of the Disintegration Theorem.- Chapter 15 Acknowledgements.- Chapter 16 References.