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The Newton iteration is a popular method for minimising a cost function on Euclidean space. Various generalisations to cost functions defined on manifolds appear in the literature. In each case, the convergence rate of the generalised…
In this paper, we propose and analyze iterative method based on projection techniques to solve a non-singular linear system Ax = b. In particular, for a given positive integer m, m-dimensional successive projection method (mD-SPM) for…
Several physics-based algorithms for factorizing large number were recently published. A notable recent one by Schleich et al. uses Gauss sums for distinguishing between factors and non-factors. We demonstrate two NMR techniques that…
We study algorithms for the fast computation of modular inverses. Newton-Raphson iteration over $p$-adic numbers gives a recurrence relation computing modular inverse modulo $p^m$, that is logarithmic in $m$. We solve the recurrence to…
We prove a formula for the Taylor series coefficients of a zero of the sum of a complex-exponent polynomial and a base function which is a general holomorphic function with a simple zero. Such a Taylor series is more general than a Puiseux…
High-order tensor methods that employ Taylor-based local models (of degree $p\ge 3$) within adaptive regularization frameworks have been recently proposed for both convex and nonconvex optimization problems. They have been shown to have…
We consider the problem of minimizing a sum of $n$ functions over a convex parameter set $\mathcal{C} \subset \mathbb{R}^p$ where $n\gg p\gg 1$. In this regime, algorithms which utilize sub-sampling techniques are known to be effective. In…
In this work we present and discuss a possible globalization concept for Newton-type methods. We consider nonlinear problems $f(x)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ using the concepts from ordinary differential equations as a basis for the proposed…
This article studies a Newton-like method already used by several authors but which has not been thouroughly studied yet. We call it the robust-variance scoring (RVS) algorithm because the main version of the algorithm that we consider…
We develop quaternion--native iterative methods for computing the Moore--Penrose (MP) pseudoinverse of quaternion matrices and analyze their convergence. Our starting point is a damped Newton--Schulz (NS) iteration tailored to…
A new variant of Newton's method for empirical risk minimization is studied, where at each iteration of the optimization algorithm, the gradient and Hessian of the objective function are replaced by robust estimators taken from existing…
We consider the problem of finding the minimizer of a convex function $F: \mathbb R^d \rightarrow \mathbb R$ of the form $F(w) := \sum_{i=1}^n f_i(w) + R(w)$ where a low-rank factorization of $\nabla^2 f_i(w)$ is readily available. We…
This paper proposes and develops a new Newton-type algorithm to solve subdifferential inclusions defined by subgradients of extended-real-valued prox-regular functions. The proposed algorithm is formulated in terms of the second-order…
A general class of Newton algorithms on Gra{\ss}mann and Lagrange-Gra{\ss}mann manifolds is introduced, that depends on an arbitrary pair of local coordinates. Local quadratic convergence of the algorithm is shown under a suitable condition…
We study the problem of minimizing a sum of convex objective functions where the components of the objective are available at different nodes of a network and nodes are allowed to only communicate with their neighbors. The use of…
We present improved algorithms for fast calculation of the inverse square root for single-precision floating-point numbers. The algorithms are much more accurate than the famous fast inverse square root algorithm and have the same or…
In this article, we present an iterative method to find simple roots of nonlinear equations, that is, to solving an equation of the form $f(x) = 0$. Different from Newton's method, the method we purpose do not require evaluation of…
Many problems in applied mathematics require root finding algorithms. Unfortunately, root finding methods have limitations. Firstly, regarding the convergence, there is a trade-off between the size of it's domain and it's rate. Secondly the…
In this paper, we will describe a new factorization algorithm based on the continuous representation of Gauss sums, generalizable to orders j>2. Such an algorithm allows one, for the first time, to find all the factors of a number N in a…