arXiv:2505. 02281v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper explores the performance of a random Gaussian smoothing zeroth-order (ZO) scheme for minimising quasar-convex (QC) and strongly quasar-convex (SQC) functions in both unconstrained and constrained settings.
By Amir Ali Farzin, Yuen-Man Pun, Philipp Braun, Iman Shames
arXiv:2607. 06723v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Most gradient-based optimization methods move parameters through a fixed background geometry, even when their internal states implicitly define changing notions of length, curvature, and preconditioning.
By Zavier Li
arXiv:2209. 15130v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study a general matrix optimization problem with a fixed-rank positive semidefinite (PSD) constraint.
By Yuetian Luo, Nicolas Garcia Trillos
arXiv:2406. 13041v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Lower-bound analyses for nonconvex strongly-concave minimax optimization problems have shown that stochastic first-order algorithms require at least $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^{-4})$ sample complexity to find an $\varepsilon$-stationary point.
By Haoyuan Cai, Sulaiman A. Alghunaim, Ali H. Sayed
arXiv:2607. 08954v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study nonasymptotic convergence of primal-dual methods for a class of nonconvex constrained optimization problems with a convex-composite structure.
By Linglingzhi Zhu, Jiajin Li
arXiv:2606. 05438v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study the deterministic first-order oracle complexity of finding \(\epsilon\)-stationary points in smooth nonconvex optimization when the objective satisfies higher-order smoothness assumptions.
By Dongruo Zhou