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In this paper we prove that local fractional derivatives of differentiable functions are integer-order derivative or zero operator. We demonstrate that the local fractional derivatives are limits of the left-sided Caputo fractional…

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We introduce a class of first-order methods for smooth constrained optimization that are based on an analogy to non-smooth dynamical systems. Two distinctive features of our approach are that (i) projections or optimizations over the entire…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Michael Muehlebach , Michael I. Jordan

The following document presents some novel numerical methods valid for one and several variables, which using the fractional derivative, allow to find solutions for some non-linear systems in the complex space using real initial conditions.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-25 A. Torres-Hernandez , F. Brambila-Paz

A new universal derivative-free optimization method CDOS (Conjugate Direction with Orthogonal Shift) is proposed. The CDOS method was specially developed to solve optimization tasks where the objective function and constraints are black…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-02-08 Sergey Moiseev

The goal of this paper is to investigate an approach for derivative-free optimization that has not received sufficient attention in the literature and is yet one of the simplest to implement and parallelize. It consists of computing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-22 Hao-Jun Michael Shi , Melody Qiming Xuan , Figen Oztoprak , Jorge Nocedal

Taylor's formula holds significant importance in function representation, such as solving differential difference equations, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and further promotes applications in visual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Guoyou Wang , Yihua Tan , Shiqi Liu

We introduce new optimized first-order methods for smooth unconstrained convex minimization. Drori and Teboulle recently described a numerical method for computing the $N$-iteration optimal step coefficients in a class of first-order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-14 Donghwan Kim , Jeffrey A. Fessler

This paper proposes a novel preconditioned implicit-explicit algorithm enhanced with the extrapolation technique for non-convex optimization problems. The algorithm employs a third-order Adams-Bashforth scheme for the nonlinear and explicit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Kelin Wu , Hongpeng Sun

We focus here on a class of fourth-order parabolic equations that can be written as a system of second-order equations by introducing an auxiliary variable. We design a novel second-order fully discrete mixed finite element method to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-28 Sana Keita , Abdelaziz Beljadid , Yves Bourgault

In this set of papers we formulate a stand alone method to derive maximal number of linearizing transformations for nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of any order including coupled ones from a knowledge of fewer number of…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2012-01-26 V. K. Chandrasekar , M. Senthilvelan , M. Lakshmanan

In this work, we develop a class of high-order multiderivative time integration methods that is able to preserve certain functionals discretely. Important ingredients are the recently developed Hermite-Birkhoff-Predictor-Corrector methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Hendrik Ranocha , Jochen Schütz , Eleni Theodosiou

In this paper, we propose a new method based on the Sliding Algorithm from Lan(2016, 2019) for the convex composite optimization problem that includes two terms: smooth one and non-smooth one. Our method uses the stochastic noised…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Aleksandr Beznosikov , Eduard Gorbunov , Alexander Gasnikov

First-order algorithms have been popular for solving convex and non-convex optimization problems. A key assumption for the majority of these algorithms is that the gradient of the objective function is globally Lipschitz continuous, but…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Junyu Zhang , Mingyi Hong

Higher order schemes for stochastic partial differential equations that do not possess commutative noise require the simulation of iterated stochastic integrals. In this work, we propose a derivative-free Milstein type scheme to approximate…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Claudine von Hallern , Andreas Rößler

In this study, depending on the upper and the lower indices of the hyperharmonic number $h_{n}^{(r)}$, nonlinear recurrence relations are obtained. It is shown that generalized harmonic number and hyperharmonic number can be obtained from…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Ayhan Dil , Erkan Muniroğlu

In this paper, we develop a class of samplers for the diffusion model using the operator-splitting technique. The linear drift term and the nonlinear score-driven drift of the probability flow ordinary differential equation are split and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Peiyi Liu , Zhaoqiang Liu , Yiqi Gu

Derivative-free - or zeroth-order - optimization (DFO) has gained recent attention for its ability to solve problems in a variety of application areas, including machine learning, particularly involving objectives which are stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Coralia Cartis , Tyler Ferguson , Lindon Roberts

This paper detailedly discusses the locally one-dimensional numerical methods for efficiently solving the three-dimensional fractional partial differential equations, including fractional advection diffusion equation and Riesz fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-07 Weihua Deng , Minghua Chen

This paper considers optimization of smooth nonconvex functionals in smooth infinite dimensional spaces. A H\"older gradient descent algorithm is first proposed for finding approximate first-order points of regularized polynomial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Serge Gratton , Sadok Jerad , Philippe L. Toint