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The goal of the paper is establishing the approximation of mixed partial derivatives of the second order of a function of several variables via modified Bernstein polynomials in the $L_1$ norm under the minimal regularity.

In this paper, we consider a class of stochastic differential equations driven by symmetric non-degenerate $\alpha$-stable processes (including cylindrical ones) with $\alpha \in (1,2)$. We first establish a quantitative estimate for the…

Hierarchical optimization refers to problems with interdependent decision variables and objectives, such as minimax and bilevel formulations. While various algorithms have been proposed, existing methods and analyses lack adaptivity in…

The unconstrained minimization of a sufficiently smooth objective function $f(x)$ is considered, for which derivatives up to order $p$, $p\geq 2$, are assumed to be available. An adaptive regularization algorithm is proposed that uses…

Consider the following stochastic differential equation driven by multiplicative noise on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with a superlinearly growing drift coefficient, \begin{align*} \mathrm{d} X_t = b (X_t) \, \mathrm{d} t + \sigma (X_t) \, \mathrm{d}…

In this work, we present a general Milstein-type scheme for McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by Brownian motion and Poisson random measure and the associated system of interacting particles where drift,…

We analyze a variable-step extension of a family of arbitrarily high-order exponential time differencing multistep (ETD-MS) schemes recently developed by the authors. We prove that the schemes are unconditionally stable in the sense that a…

We study the strong approximation of the solutions to singular stochastic kinetic equations (also referred to as second-order SDEs) driven by $\alpha$-stable processes, using an Euler-type scheme inspired by [11]. For these equations, the…

We present a versatile framework to study strong existence and uniqueness for stochastic differential equations (SDEs) in Hilbert spaces with irregular drift. We consider an SDE in a separable Hilbert space $H$ \begin{equation*} dX_t= (A…

This paper presents a detailed theoretical analysis of the three stochastic approximation proximal gradient algorithms proposed in our companion paper [49] to set regularization parameters by marginal maximum likelihood estimation. We prove…

We prove that the mild solution to a semilinear stochastic evolution equation on a Hilbert space, driven by either a square integrable martingale or a Poisson random measure, is (jointly) continuous, in a suitable topology, with respect to…

Let $(X_t)_{t \ge 0}$ be the solution of the stochastic differential equation $$dX_t = b(X_t) dt+A dZ_t, \quad X_{0}=x,$$ where $b: \mathbb{R}^d \rightarrow \mathbb R^d$ is a Lipschitz function, $A \in \mathbb R^{d \times d}$ is a positive…

In the field of computational finance, one is commonly interested in the expected value of a financial derivative whose payoff depends on the solution of stochastic differential equations (SDEs). For multi-dimensional SDEs with…

Motivated by their broad applications in reinforcement learning, we study the linear two-time-scale stochastic approximation, an iterative method using two different step sizes for finding the solutions of a system of two equations. Our…

Stochastic differential equations are often simulated with the Monte Carlo Euler method. Convergence of this method is well understood in the case of globally Lipschitz continuous coefficients of the stochastic differential equation. The…

We consider parabolic Bellman equations with Lipschitz coefficients. Error bounds of order $h^{1/2}$ for certain types of finite-difference schemes are obtained.

We propose a straightforward and effective method for discretizing multi-dimensional diffusion processes as an extension of Milstein scheme. The new scheme is explicitly given and can be simulated using Gaussian variates, requiring the same…

This study investigates a class of initial-boundary value problems pertaining to the time-fractional mixed sub-diffusion and diffusion-wave equation (SDDWE). To facilitate the development of a numerical method and analysis, the original…

We propose a single time-scale stochastic subgradient method for constrained optimization of a composition of several nonsmooth and nonconvex functions. The functions are assumed to be locally Lipschitz and differentiable in a generalized…

We extend the classic convergence rate theory for subgradient methods to apply to non-Lipschitz functions. For the deterministic projected subgradient method, we present a global $O(1/\sqrt{T})$ convergence rate for any convex function…