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Gradient-Hessian Query Tradeoffs: Matching Lower Bounds in Logarithmic Dimension

Wendao Wu, Haihan Zhang, Chenheng Zhang +5

We establish matching lower bounds for the tradeoff between gradient and Hessian queries in nonconvex optimization with Lipschitz Hessian. In normalized units, the initial objectiv…

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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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Matrix-Vector Complexity of Low-Rank Approximation

Haihan Zhang, Wendao Wu, Chenheng Zhang +5

We establish matching polynomial query bounds for low-rank approximation from exact matrix--vector products. Given an unknown matrix , at each step a ra…

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Near-Optimal Lower Bounds for Randomized Algorithms in Exact Value Zeroth-Order Convex Optimization

Haihan Zhang, Chenheng Zhang, Zhiquan Qi +1

Whether exact scalar feedback intrinsically incurs the additional dimension paid by known zeroth-order methods remains open even for Lipschitz convex optimization. For a univer…