An optimal lower bound for smooth convex functions

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Main Authors: Florea, Mihai I., Nesterov, Yurii
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author Florea, Mihai I.
Nesterov, Yurii
author_facet Florea, Mihai I.
Nesterov, Yurii
contents First order methods endowed with global convergence guarantees operate using global lower bounds on the objective. The tightening of the bounds has been shown to increase both the theoretical guarantees and the practical performance. In this work, we define a global lower bound for smooth differentiable objectives that is optimal with respect to the collected oracle information. The bound can be readily employed by the Gradient Method with Memory to improve its performance. Further using the machinery underlying the optimal bounds, we introduce a modified version of the estimate sequence that we use to construct an Optimized Gradient Method with Memory possessing the best known convergence guarantees for its class of algorithms, even in terms of the proportionality constant. We additionally equip the method with an adaptive convergence guarantee adjustment procedure that is an effective replacement for line-search. Simulation results on synthetic but otherwise difficult smooth problems validate the theoretical properties of the bound and proposed methods.
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spellingShingle An optimal lower bound for smooth convex functions
Florea, Mihai I.
Nesterov, Yurii
Optimization and Control
52A41, 90C25, 68Q25, 65Y20, 65B99
First order methods endowed with global convergence guarantees operate using global lower bounds on the objective. The tightening of the bounds has been shown to increase both the theoretical guarantees and the practical performance. In this work, we define a global lower bound for smooth differentiable objectives that is optimal with respect to the collected oracle information. The bound can be readily employed by the Gradient Method with Memory to improve its performance. Further using the machinery underlying the optimal bounds, we introduce a modified version of the estimate sequence that we use to construct an Optimized Gradient Method with Memory possessing the best known convergence guarantees for its class of algorithms, even in terms of the proportionality constant. We additionally equip the method with an adaptive convergence guarantee adjustment procedure that is an effective replacement for line-search. Simulation results on synthetic but otherwise difficult smooth problems validate the theoretical properties of the bound and proposed methods.
title An optimal lower bound for smooth convex functions
topic Optimization and Control
52A41, 90C25, 68Q25, 65Y20, 65B99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18889