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pith:2019:YJGNZ3J7BMVXOXPME246CS265J

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On Nonconvex Optimization for Machine Learning: Gradients, Stochasticity, and Saddle Points

Chi Jin, Michael I. Jordan, Praneeth Netrapalli, Rong Ge, Sham M. Kakade

arxiv:1902.04811 v2 · 2019-02-13 · cs.LG · math.OC · stat.ML

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Sharp First-Order Lower Bounds for Higher-Order Smooth Nonconvex Optimization

Distributed Learning in Non-Convex Environments -- Part I: Agreement at a Linear Rate

Distributed Learning in Non-Convex Environments -- Part II: Polynomial Escape from Saddle-Points

Convergence of difference inclusions via a diameter criterion

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Canonical hash

c24cdced3f0b2b775dec26b9e14b5eea66eee3c4e150feed5793de96461f8479

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arxiv: 1902.04811 · arxiv_version: 1902.04811v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1902.04811 · pith_short_12: YJGNZ3J7BMVX · pith_short_16: YJGNZ3J7BMVXOXPM · pith_short_8: YJGNZ3J7

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/YJGNZ3J7BMVXOXPME246CS265J \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: c24cdced3f0b2b775dec26b9e14b5eea66eee3c4e150feed5793de96461f8479

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