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Conditional continuity equations pass to the marginal path
Statement
Let , , and be as in the conditional probability-path definition, and let be a jointly measurable vector field. Suppose that for -almost every , and each component of are continuously differentiable in and satisfy the classical coordinate equation on . This is an explicit algebraic hypothesis; for general it is not the definition of measure transport. Suppose also that for every compact there is a nonnegative which, for -almost every , bounds on the absolute values of , , each component of , and each derivative . If on , define Then and each indicated flux derivative exist and are continuous locally in , and the marginal continuity equation holds on . The domination hypothesis is a sufficient Leibniz condition for the time and spatial derivatives to pass through the integral.
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Facts & Assumptions
Given: The conditional path and field, the conditional continuity equation, local C1 regularity, local integrable domination in the endpoint variable, and positivity of the mixture density as stated.
Probability paths and velocity fields: . The classical coordinate equation and the local regularity used here are separate hypotheses in the Statement.
The mean value theorem, as the case of Cauchy's: for continuous on with and differentiable on there is with : if a real function is continuous on a closed interval and differentiable in its interior, some interior derivative equals its endpoint difference quotient.
Dominated convergence: pointwise convergence under one integrable majorant permits passage of a sequence of integrals to the limit.
The Lebesgue integral is linear on : the integral is linear for integrable scalar components.
Proof
Given: The hypotheses in the Statement.
Fix a compact neighborhood of an interior point . The bounds on and make and finite, so positivity makes the quotient well-defined. For any sequence of nonzero increments small enough that the time segment from to stays in , the mean value theorem [F2] bounds the difference quotient of by . The quotient converges for -almost every to . Dominated convergence [F3] therefore gives The same argument for each flux component on its spatial coordinate segment gives The local continuity of these derivatives follows from their pointwise continuity in and the same integrable majorant.
Integrate the conditional continuity equation over . All terms are integrable by , so linearity [F4] and the identities of step 1.1 yield By definition wherever , proving the marginal continuity equation.
Source notes
The source proofs explicitly require differentiation under the endpoint integral. This item states local integrable domination for every derivative it exchanges and derives those exchanges from the mean value theorem and dominated convergence.
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Sources
- Yaron Lipman et al., Flow Matching for Generative Modeling, §3.1 and Appendix A (standard reference, not scraped)
- Peter Holderrieth and Ezra Erives, Introduction to Flow Matching and Diffusion Models, §3.2 (standard reference, not scraped)