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We consider the phase retrieval problem, which involves recovering a rank-one positive semidefinite matrix from rank-one measurements. A recently proposed algorithm based on Bures-Wasserstein gradient descent (BWGD) exhibits superlinear…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-01 Tyler Maunu , Gabriel Abreu

The traditional Newton method for solving nonlinear operator equations in Banach spaces is discussed within the context of the continuous Newton method. This setting makes it possible to interpret the Newton method as a discrete dynamical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-13 Mario Amrein , Thomas P. Wihler

A numerical method for the solution of the elliptic Monge-Ampere Partial Differential Equation, with boundary conditions corresponding to the Optimal Transportation (OT) problem is presented. A local representation of the OT boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-27 Jean-David Benamou , Brittany D. Froese , Adam M. Oberman

This paper is concerned with the problem of finding a zero of a tangent vector field on a Riemannian manifold. We first reformulate the problem as an equivalent Riemannian optimization problem. Then we propose a Riemannian derivative-free…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Teng-Teng Yao , Zhi Zhao , Zheng-Jian Bai , Xiao-Qing Jin

This paper proposes new proximal Newton-type methods with a diagonal metric for solving composite optimization problems whose objective function is the sum of a twice continuously differentiable function and a proper closed directionally…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-11 Shotaro Yagishita , Shummin Nakayama

Many problems in geometric optics or convex geometry can be recast as optimal transport problems: this includes the far-field reflector problem, Alexandrov's curvature prescription problem, etc. A popular way to solve these problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-08 Jun Kitagawa , Quentin Mérigot , Boris Thibert

In a recent joint work, the author has developed a modification of Newton's method, named New Q-Newton's method, which can avoid saddle points and has quadratic rate of convergence. While good theoretical convergence guarantee has not been…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Tuyen Trung Truong

While quantum computing provides an exponential advantage in solving system of linear equations, there is little work to solve system of nonlinear equations with quantum computing. We propose quantum Newton's method (QNM) for solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Cheng Xue , Yu-Chun Wu , Guo-Ping Guo

In this paper, the Newton-Anderson method, which results from applying an extrapolation technique known as Anderson acceleration to Newton's method, is shown both analytically and numerically to provide superlinear convergence to non-simple…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Sara Pollock

The reciprocal square root is an important computation for which many sophisticated algorithms exist (see for example \cite{Moroz,863046,863031} and the references therein). A common theme is the use of Newton's method to refine the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Carlos F. Borges

Let $k$ be a perfect field and let $C_0:f=0$ be a smooth curve in the torus $\mathbb{G}_{m,k}^2$. Let $\mathbb{T}_\Delta$ be the toric variety associated to the Newton polygon of $f$. Extending the toric resolution of $C_0$ on…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Simone Muselli

This paper proposes two proximal Newton-CG methods for convex nonsmooth optimization problems in composite form. The algorithms are based on a a reformulation of the original nonsmooth problem as the unconstrained minimization of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-03 Panagiotis Patrinos , Lorenzo Stella , Alberto Bemporad

We propose a distributed cubic regularization of the Newton method for solving (constrained) empirical risk minimization problems over a network of agents, modeled as undirected graph. The algorithm employs an inexact, preconditioned Newton…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Amir Daneshmand , Gesualdo Scutari , Pavel Dvurechensky , Alexander Gasnikov

We present an efficient numerical method, inspired by transformation optics, for solving the Poisson equation in complex and arbitrarily shaped geometries. The approach operates by mapping the physical domain to a uniform computational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Deepak Gautam , Bhooshan Paradkar

Nonlinear equations are challenging to solve due to their inherently nonlinear nature. As analytical solutions typically do not exist, numerical methods have been developed to tackle their solutions. In this article, we give a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Nhat A. Nghiem , Tzu-Chieh Wei

Consider a system F of n polynomial equations in n unknowns, over an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. We present a fast method to find a point in every irreducible component of the zero set Z of F. Our techniques…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Maurice Rojas

In this paper we develop an adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of general, semilinear elliptic problems with possible singular perturbations. Our approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton method and an adaptive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-08-27 Mario Amrein , Thomas P. Wihler

It has been widely recognized that the 0/1 loss function is one of the most natural choices for modelling classification errors, and it has a wide range of applications including support vector machines and 1-bit compressed sensing. Due to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Shenglong Zhou , Lili Pan , Naihua Xiu , Houduo Qi

We propose in this paper New Q-Newton's method. The update rule is very simple conceptually, for example $x_{n+1}=x_n-w_n$ where $w_n=pr_{A_n,+}(v_n)-pr_{A_n,-}(v_n)$, with $A_n=\nabla ^2f(x_n)+\delta _n||\nabla f(x_n)||^2.Id$ and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Tuyen Trung Truong , Tat Dat To , Tuan Hang Nguyen , Thu Hang Nguyen , Hoang Phuong Nguyen , Maged Helmy

One of the main problems in the study of system of equations of the gravitational lens, is the computation of coordinates from the known position of the source. In the process of computing finds the solution of equations with two unknowns.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-28 Albert Kotvytskiy , Semen Bronza , Svatoslav Vovk