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We study the minimax problem $\min_{x\in M} \max_y f_r(x,y):=f(x,y)-h(y)$, where $M$ is a compact submanifold, $f$ is continuously differentiable in $(x, y)$, $h$ is a closed, weakly-convex (possibly non-smooth) function and we assume that…

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We introduce an algorithm which can be directly used to feasible and optimum search in linear programming. Starting from an initial point the algorithm iteratively moves a point in a direction to resolve the violated constraints. At the…

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This paper presents a novel stochastic gradient descent algorithm for constrained optimization. The proposed algorithm randomly samples constraints and components of the finite sum objective function and relies on a relaxed logarithmic…

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