Convergence of two-timescale gradient descent ascent dynamics: finite-dimensional and mean-field perspectives

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author An, Jing
Lu, Jianfeng
author_facet An, Jing
Lu, Jianfeng
contents The two-timescale gradient descent-ascent (GDA) is a canonical gradient algorithm designed to find Nash equilibria in min-max games. We analyze the two-timescale GDA by investigating the effects of learning rate ratios on convergence behavior in both finite-dimensional and mean-field settings. In particular, for finite-dimensional quadratic min-max games, we obtain long-time convergence in near quasi-static regimes through the hypocoercivity method. For mean-field GDA dynamics, we investigate convergence under a finite-scale ratio using a mixed synchronous-reflection coupling technique.
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spellingShingle Convergence of two-timescale gradient descent ascent dynamics: finite-dimensional and mean-field perspectives
An, Jing
Lu, Jianfeng
Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
The two-timescale gradient descent-ascent (GDA) is a canonical gradient algorithm designed to find Nash equilibria in min-max games. We analyze the two-timescale GDA by investigating the effects of learning rate ratios on convergence behavior in both finite-dimensional and mean-field settings. In particular, for finite-dimensional quadratic min-max games, we obtain long-time convergence in near quasi-static regimes through the hypocoercivity method. For mean-field GDA dynamics, we investigate convergence under a finite-scale ratio using a mixed synchronous-reflection coupling technique.
title Convergence of two-timescale gradient descent ascent dynamics: finite-dimensional and mean-field perspectives
topic Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17122