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Matching Randomized First-Order Bounds for Higher-Order Smooth Nonconvex Optimization

Haihan Zhang, Wendao Wu, Fangqing Zhang +5

Does randomization improve the worst-case first-order complexity of nonconvex optimization when the objective is very smooth? We prove that, for every fixed finite integer ,…

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Matching Randomized Bounds for Finite-Sum Nonconvex-Concave Optimization

Wendao Wu, Haihan Zhang, Qian Chen +5

We characterize the randomized component-oracle complexity of finite-sum nonconvex-concave optimization with a bounded dual domain. For $Φ(x)=\max_{y\in Y}n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^n f_i(x,…

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Matching Complexity for Second-Order Stationary Point with Sample Reuse

Qian Chen, Wendao Wu, Haihan Zhang +5

We consider stochastic nonconvex optimization with sample-wise Lipschitz gradients and Hessians, and reusable opaque sample handles. Gradient and complete-Hessian evaluations are c…

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Matching Full-Hessian Oracle Complexity for Nonconvex--Strongly-Concave Minimax Optimization

Fangqing Zhang, Haihan Zhang, Wendao Wu +5

We characterize the oracle complexity of finding first-order stationary points in smooth nonconvex--strongly-concave (NC--SC) minimax optimization when each query provides the full…

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The Minimax Cost of Smoothness in Fully First-Order Stochastic Bilevel Optimization

Wendao Wu, Haihan Zhang, Chenheng Zhang +5

We study the sample complexity of finding a point with expected hypergradient norm at most in nonconvex--strongly-convex stochastic bilevel optimization using fresh, globally…

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Closing the Accuracy Gap in Stochastic First-Order Bilevel Optimization

Haihan Zhang, Wendao Wu, Chenheng Zhang +5

We characterize the optimal accuracy dependence for smooth nonconvex--strongly-convex bilevel optimization with stochastic first-order oracles. For globally unbiased fresh-gradient…