Solving Convex-Concave Problems with $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-4/(3p+1)})$ $p$th-Order Oracle Complexity

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Main Authors: Chen, Lesi, Zhang, Xinliang, Liu, Chengchang, Li, Junru, Luo, Luo, Zhang, Jingzhao
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author Chen, Lesi
Zhang, Xinliang
Liu, Chengchang
Li, Junru
Luo, Luo
Zhang, Jingzhao
author_facet Chen, Lesi
Zhang, Xinliang
Liu, Chengchang
Li, Junru
Luo, Luo
Zhang, Jingzhao
contents When the objective has Lipschitz continuous $p$th-order derivatives, it is known that convex-concave minimax problems can be solved with $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-2/(p+1)})$ $p$th-order oracle calls. This complexity upper bound was speculated to be optimal as it is achieved by a natural generalization of the optimal first-order method. In this work, we show an improved upper bound of $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-4/(3p+1)})$ by applying the Monteiro-Svaiter acceleration. We also establish a lower complexity bound of $Ω(ε^{-2/(3p-1)})$, suggesting a gap still exists for $p \ge 2$.
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spellingShingle Solving Convex-Concave Problems with $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-4/(3p+1)})$ $p$th-Order Oracle Complexity
Chen, Lesi
Zhang, Xinliang
Liu, Chengchang
Li, Junru
Luo, Luo
Zhang, Jingzhao
Optimization and Control
When the objective has Lipschitz continuous $p$th-order derivatives, it is known that convex-concave minimax problems can be solved with $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-2/(p+1)})$ $p$th-order oracle calls. This complexity upper bound was speculated to be optimal as it is achieved by a natural generalization of the optimal first-order method. In this work, we show an improved upper bound of $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-4/(3p+1)})$ by applying the Monteiro-Svaiter acceleration. We also establish a lower complexity bound of $Ω(ε^{-2/(3p-1)})$, suggesting a gap still exists for $p \ge 2$.
title Solving Convex-Concave Problems with $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-4/(3p+1)})$ $p$th-Order Oracle Complexity
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19462