Nonsmooth Riemannian optimization with inexact manifold primitives via bundle methods

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Main Authors: Díaz, Mateo, Grimmer, Benjamin, McPherson, Ian
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Published: 2026
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author Díaz, Mateo
Grimmer, Benjamin
McPherson, Ian
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Grimmer, Benjamin
McPherson, Ian
contents Optimization on Hadamard manifolds -- the natural Riemannian setting for globally geodesically convex problems -- relies on exponential maps to retract tangent vectors and parallel transport to connect tangent spaces across the manifold. These primitives are often computationally expensive, leading software packages to rely on approximations: first-order retractions and vector transports. However, existing results for optimization on Hadamard manifolds either require exact primitives or lack non-asymptotic rates. We bridge this gap by introducing a proximal bundle method for nonsmooth geodesically convex optimization and establishing the first oracle-complexity bounds that rely only on subgradients and inexact primitives. We obtain sublinear rates for general objectives and optimal linear convergence under sharp function growth.
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spellingShingle Nonsmooth Riemannian optimization with inexact manifold primitives via bundle methods
Díaz, Mateo
Grimmer, Benjamin
McPherson, Ian
Optimization and Control
Primary: 90C26. Secondary: 49J52, 49M37, 53C99
Optimization on Hadamard manifolds -- the natural Riemannian setting for globally geodesically convex problems -- relies on exponential maps to retract tangent vectors and parallel transport to connect tangent spaces across the manifold. These primitives are often computationally expensive, leading software packages to rely on approximations: first-order retractions and vector transports. However, existing results for optimization on Hadamard manifolds either require exact primitives or lack non-asymptotic rates. We bridge this gap by introducing a proximal bundle method for nonsmooth geodesically convex optimization and establishing the first oracle-complexity bounds that rely only on subgradients and inexact primitives. We obtain sublinear rates for general objectives and optimal linear convergence under sharp function growth.
title Nonsmooth Riemannian optimization with inexact manifold primitives via bundle methods
topic Optimization and Control
Primary: 90C26. Secondary: 49J52, 49M37, 53C99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27078