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Smooth, non-convex optimization problems on Riemannian manifolds occur in machine learning as a result of orthonormality, rank or positivity constraints. First- and second-order necessary optimality conditions state that the Riemannian…

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We define a homogeneous parabolic De Giorgi classes of order 2 which suits a mixed type class of evolution equations whose simplest example is $\mu (x) \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} - \Delta u = 0$ where $\mu$ can be positive, null and…

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