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Dueling optimization considers optimizing an objective with access to only a comparison oracle of the objective function. It finds important applications in emerging fields such as recommendation systems and robotics. Existing works on…

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Variance parameter estimation in linear mixed models is a challenge for many classical nonlinear optimization algorithms due to the positive-definiteness constraint of the random effects covariance matrix. We take a completely novel view on…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-12-20 Lena Sembach , Jan Pablo Burgard , Volker H. Schulz

In this paper, we propose new proximal Newton-type methods for convex optimization problems in composite form. The applications include model predictive control (MPC) and embedded MPC. Our new methods are computationally attractive since…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Ilan Adler , Zhiyue Tom Hu , Tianyi Lin

Cubic spline interpolation on Euclidean space is a standard topic in numerical analysis, with countless applications in science and technology. In several emerging fields, for example computer vision and quantum control, there is a growing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Geir Bogfjellmo , Klas Modin , Olivier Verdier

Riemannian meta-optimization provides a promising approach to solving non-linear constrained optimization problems, which trains neural networks as optimizers to perform optimization on Riemannian manifolds. However, existing Riemannian…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Peilin Yu , Yuwei Wu , Zhi Gao , Xiaomeng Fan , Yunde Jia

An algebraic formulation of Riemannian geometry on quantum spaces is presented, where Riemannian metric, distance, Laplacian, connection, and curvature have their counterparts. This description is also extended to complex manifolds.…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-28 Pei-Ming Ho

Representing graphs as sets of node embeddings in certain curved Riemannian manifolds has recently gained momentum in machine learning due to their desirable geometric inductive biases, e.g., hierarchical structures benefit from hyperbolic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-09 Calin Cruceru , Gary Bécigneul , Octavian-Eugen Ganea

We examine a wide class of stochastic approximation algorithms for solving (stochastic) nonlinear problems on Riemannian manifolds. Such algorithms arise naturally in the study of Riemannian optimization, game theory and optimal transport,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-29 Mohammad Reza Karimi , Ya-Ping Hsieh , Panayotis Mertikopoulos , Andreas Krause

We generalize the Rayleigh Quotient Iteration (RQI) to the problem of solving a nonlinear equation where the variables are divided into two subsets, one satisfying additional equality constraints and the other could be considered as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-21 Du Nguyen

Under the data manifold hypothesis, high-dimensional data are concentrated near a low-dimensional manifold. We study the problem of Riemannian optimization over such manifolds when they are given only implicitly through the data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Andrey Kharitenko , Zebang Shen , Riccardo de Santi , Niao He , Florian Doerfler

This article presents a novel resolution to the problem of spline interpolation versus least-squares fitting on smooth Riemannian manifolds utilizing the method of gradient flows of networks. This approach represents a contribution to both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-30 Chun-Chi Lin , The Dung Tran

The maximization of the (generalized) Rayleigh quotient is a central problem in numerical linear algebra. Conventional algorithms for its computation typically rely on matrix-adjoint products, making them sensitive to errors arising from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-08 Jonas Bresch , Oleh Melnyk , Martin Schoen , Gabriele Steidl

Numerical continuation in the context of optimization can be used to mitigate convergence issues due to a poor initial guess. In this work, we extend this idea to Riemannian optimization problems, that is, the minimization of a target…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Axel Séguin , Daniel Kressner

This paper presents an overview of recent developments in the analysis of shapes such as curves and surfaces through Riemannian metrics. We show that several constructions of metrics on spaces of submanifolds can be unified through the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-19 Martin Bauer , Nicolas Charon , Laurent Younes

This paper addresses the problems of spline interpolation on smooth Riemannian manifolds, with or without the inclusion of least-squares fitting. Our unified approach utilizes gradient flows for successively connected curves or networks,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Chun-Chi Lin , Dung The Tran

The effectiveness of dimensionality reduction with quadratic manifolds hinges on the choice of a reduced basis and the associated quadratic correction terms. Existing approaches typically rely on subspaces spanned by the leading principal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Gavin Paxton , Seunghee Cheon , Rudy Geelen , Shane A. McQuarrie

Grover's algorithm is a fundamental quantum algorithm that offers a quadratic speedup for the unstructured search problem by alternately applying physically implementable oracle and diffusion operators. In this paper, we reformulate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Zhijian Lai , Dong An , Jiang Hu , Zaiwen Wen

Nonlinear dimensionality reduction methods provide a valuable means to visualize and interpret high-dimensional data. However, many popular methods can fail dramatically, even on simple two-dimensional manifolds, due to problems such as…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-07-08 Daniel Ting , Michael I. Jordan

Large-scale optimization problems arising from the discretization of problems involving PDEs sometimes admit solutions that can be well approximated by low-rank matrices. In this paper, we will exploit this low-rank approximation property…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Marco Sutti , Bart Vandereycken

In this paper, we extend the proximal point algorithm for vector optimization from the Euclidean space to the Riemannian context. Under suitable assumptions on the objective function the well definition and full convergence of the method to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-21 G. C. Bento , O. P. Ferreira , Y. R. L. Pereira