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Fractional derivatives are a well-studied generalization of integer order derivatives. Naturally, for optimization, it is of interest to understand the convergence properties of gradient descent using fractional derivatives. Convergence…
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The goal of this communication is to propose a generalized notion of the "traditional derivative". This generalization includes the fractional derivatives such as the Riemann-Liouville, Gruenwald-Letnikov, Weyl, Riesz, Caputo, Marchaud…
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