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A Proximal Gradient Framework for Composite Multiobjective Optimization on Riemannian Manifolds

Optimization and Control 2026-05-19 v1

Abstract

This paper proposes a Riemannian Multiobjective Proximal Gradient Method (RMPGM) for composite optimization problems on manifolds. Unlike scalarization-based approaches, the proposed framework directly handles vector-valued objectives and establishes global convergence to Pareto stationary points, together with an O(1/k)\mathcal{O}(1/k) convergence rate. We further develop two variants to enhance practicality and performance: an inexact RMPGM that allows controlled inexactness in solving subproblems, and a trust-region RMPGM that adaptively adjusts the penalty parameter and achieves an O(ϵ2)\mathcal{O}(\epsilon^{-2}) iteration complexity. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed methods are consistently outperform subgradient-based baselines.

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@article{arxiv.2605.16731,
  title  = {A Proximal Gradient Framework for Composite Multiobjective Optimization on Riemannian Manifolds},
  author = {Kangming Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16731},
  year   = {2026}
}