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arxiv 2410.10800 v3 pith:H5L52ALD submitted 2024-10-14 math.OC

Optimizing (L₀, L₁)-Smooth Functions by Gradient Methods

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We study gradient methods for optimizing $(L_0, L_1)$-smooth functions, a class that generalizes Lipschitz-smooth functions and has gained attention for its relevance in machine learning. We provide new insights into the structure of this function class and develop a principled framework for analyzing optimization methods in this setting. While our convergence rate estimates recover existing results for minimizing the gradient norm in nonconvex problems, our approach significantly improves the best-known complexity bounds for convex objectives. Moreover, we show that the gradient method with Polyak stepsizes and the normalized gradient method achieve nearly the same complexity guarantees as methods that rely on explicit knowledge of~$(L_0, L_1)$. Finally, we demonstrate that a carefully designed accelerated gradient method can be applied to $(L_0, L_1)$-smooth functions, further improving all previous results.

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