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{We consider alternating minimization procedures for convex optimization problems with variable divided in many block, each block being amenable for minimization with respect to its variable with freezed other variables blocks. In the case…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Nazarii Tupitsa , Pavel Dvurechensky , Alexander Gasnikov , Sergey Guminov

This paper focuses on stochastic methods for solving smooth non-convex strongly-concave min-max problems, which have received increasing attention due to their potential applications in deep learning (e.g., deep AUC maximization,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Zhishuai Guo , Yan Yan , Zhuoning Yuan , Tianbao Yang

The most complete high-energy evolution of Wilson line operators is described by the set of equations called Balitsky-JIMWLK evolution equations. It is known from the studies of the linear - the BFKL - evolution equation that the leading…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-24 P. Korcyl , L. Motyka , T. Stebel

Motivated by recent increased interest in optimization algorithms for non-convex optimization in application to training deep neural networks and other optimization problems in data analysis, we give an overview of recent theoretical…

This is a simplification of our prior work on the existence theory for the Rosseland-type equations. Inspired by the Rosseland equation in the conduction-radiation coupled heat transfer, we use the locally arbitrary growth conditions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-14 Zhang Qiao-fu

Minimax optimization recently is widely applied in many machine learning tasks such as generative adversarial networks, robust learning and reinforcement learning. In the paper, we study a class of nonconvex-nonconcave minimax optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Feihu Huang , Chunyu Xuan , Xinrui Wang , Siqi Zhang , Songcan Chen

We establish gradient estimates of solutions to a class of nonlinear elliptic equations with measure data under Orlicz-type growth conditions. The growth is governed by the structural condition \[ 0<i_a\le t g'(t)/g(t)\le s_a<1. \] We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Ying Li , Chao Zhang

We provide a direct proof of existence and uniqueness of weak solutions to a broad family of strongly nonlinear elliptic equations with lower order terms. The leading part of the operator satisfies general growth conditions settling the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-16 Iwona Chlebicka , Arttu Karppinen , Ying Li

We use the framework of a type of abstract convexity ($\Phi_{lsc}$-convexity) to investigate properties of lower semicontinuous quadratically minorized functions in Hilbert spaces. A new result, which states that, for every local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-13 Monika Syga

We state and prove a stabilisation result for solutions of abstract gradient systems associated with nonsmooth energy functions on infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces. One feature is that in this general setting the assumption on the range…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-30 Ralph Chill , Sebastian Mildner

We consider the minimization property of a Gagliardo-Slobodeckij seminorm which can be seen as the fractional counterpart of the classical problem of functions of least gradient and which is related to the minimization of the nonlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Claudia Bucur , Serena Dipierro , Luca Lombardini , Enrico Valdinoci

Composite minimization involves a collection of functions which are aggregated in a nonsmooth manner. It covers, as a particular case, smooth approximation of minimax games, minimization of max-type functions, and simple composite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Yassine Nabou , Ion Necoara

We provide sufficient conditions for instability of the subgradient method with constant step size around a local minimum of a locally Lipschitz semi-algebraic function. They are satisfied by several spurious local minima arising in robust…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Cédric Josz , Lexiao Lai

We investigate the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion and non-degenerate mobility modeling phase separation phenomena in complex systems (e.g., crystals and polymers). Previous results in the literature on this model relied on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Monica Conti , Stefania Gatti , Andrea Giorgini , Giulio Schimperna

We study local complexity measures for stochastic convex optimization problems, providing a local minimax theory analogous to that of H\'{a}jek and Le Cam for classical statistical problems. We give complementary optimality results,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-05 John Duchi , Feng Ruan

In this work, we take a step towards understanding overdamped Langevin dynamics for the minimization of a general class of objective functions $\mathcal{L}$. We establish well-posedness and regularity of the law $\rho_t$ of the process…

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(Two-scale) gradient Young measures in Orlicz-Sobolev setting are introduced and characterized providing also an integral representation formula for non convex energies arising in homogenization problems with nonstandard growth.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Joel Fotso Tachago , Hubert Nnang , Franck Tchinda , Elvira Zappale

We study local regularity properties of local minimizer of scalar integral functionals with controlled $(p,q)$-growth in the two-dimensional plane. We establish Lipschitz continuity for local minimizer under the condition $1<p\leq q<\infty$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-16 Mathias Schäffner

We prove the local Lipschitz continuity and the higher differentiability of local minimizers of integral functionals with non autonomous integrand which is degenerate convex with respect to the gradient variable. The main novelty here is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-07 Albert Clop , Raffaella Giova , Farhad Hatami , Antonia Passarelli di Napoli