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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points

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This paper cites Convergence of the iterates of descent methods for analytic cost functions.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Convergence of the iterates of descent methods for analytic cost functions

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This paper cites Eﬃcient approaches f or escaping higher order saddle points in non-convex optimization.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Eﬃcient approaches f or escaping higher order saddle points in non-convex optimization

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This paper cites Global optimality of local search for low rank matrix recovery.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Global optimality of local search for low rank matrix recovery

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Accelerated methods for nonconvex optimization

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This paper cites Identifying and attacking the saddle point p roblem in high-dimensional non- convex optimization.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Identifying and attacking the saddle point p roblem in high-dimensional non- convex optimization

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This paper cites Gradient descent can take exponential time to escape saddle points.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Gradient descent can take exponential time to escape saddle points

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This paper cites Escaping fr om saddle points–online stochas- tic gradient for tensor decomposition.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Escaping fr om saddle points–online stochas- tic gradient for tensor decomposition

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This paper cites No spurious local minima in nonconvex low rank problems: A uniﬁed geometric analysis.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points No spurious local minima in nonconvex low rank problems: A uniﬁed geometric analysis

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This paper cites Matrix completion ha s no spurious local minimum.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Matrix completion ha s no spurious local minimum

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This paper cites Newton-type methods fo r unconstrained and linearly con- strained optimization.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Newton-type methods fo r unconstrained and linearly con- strained optimization

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This paper cites How to escape saddle points eﬃciently.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points How to escape saddle points eﬃciently

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This paper cites On Large-Batch Training for Deep Learning: Generalization Gap and Sharp Minima.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points On Large-Batch Training for Deep Learning: Generalization Gap and Sharp Minima

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This paper cites First-order Methods Almost Always Avoid Saddle Points.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points First-order Methods Almost Always Avoid Saddle Points

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This paper cites Gradient descent only converges to minimizers.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Gradient descent only converges to minimizers

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This paper cites The Power of Normalization: Faster Evasion of Saddle Points.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points The Power of Normalization: Faster Evasion of Saddle Points

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This paper cites On the use of directio ns of negative curvature in a modiﬁed newton method.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points On the use of directio ns of negative curvature in a modiﬁed newton method

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This paper cites Introductory lectures on convex optimization: A basic cours e, volume 87.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Introductory lectures on convex optimization: A basic cours e, volume 87

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Cubic regularizatio n of newton method and its global performance

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This paper cites Behavior of accel erated gradient methods near critical points of nonconvex functions.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Behavior of accel erated gradient methods near critical points of nonconvex functions

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This paper cites Gradient Descent Only Converges to Minimizers: Non-Isolated Critical Points and Invariant Regions.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Gradient Descent Only Converges to Minimizers: Non-Isolated Critical Points and Invariant Regions

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This paper cites On the saddle point problem for non-convex optimization.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points On the saddle point problem for non-convex optimization

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Nonconvergence to unstable points in u rn models and stochastic approxima- tions

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points A Generic Approach for Escaping Saddle points

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Complexity analy sis of second-order line-search algorithms for smooth nonconvex optimization

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Global stability of dynamical systems

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This paper cites Theoretical insights into the op- timization landscape of over-parameterized shallow neura l networks.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Theoretical insights into the op- timization landscape of over-parameterized shallow neura l networks

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This paper cites Complete dictionary re covery over the sphere i: Overview and the geometric picture.

Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Complete dictionary re covery over the sphere i: Overview and the geometric picture

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points Complete dictionary re covery over the sphere ii: Recovery by riemannian trust-region method

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Extending the step-size restriction for gradient descent to avoid strict saddle points A geometric analysis of phase retrieval

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