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5 papers

math.OC2026

Enclosing minima in nonsmooth optimization via trust regions of higher-order cutting-plane models

Bennet Gebken, Michael Ulbrich

We propose a globally convergent trust-region bundle method for minimizing lower- functions using higher-order cutting-plane models. Under certain growth assumptions on the ob…

math.OC2026

Superlinear convergence in nonsmooth optimization via higher-order cutting-plane models

Bennet Gebken, Michael Ulbrich

A cutting-plane model for a nonsmooth function is the maximum of several first-order expansions centered at different points. Using such a model in a bundle method leads to linear…

math.OC2025

Technical results on the convergence of quasi-Newton methods for nonsmooth optimization

Bennet Gebken

It is well-known by now that the BFGS method is an effective method for minimizing nonsmooth functions. However, despite its popularity, theoretical convergence results are almost…

math.OC2025

Analyzing the speed of convergence in nonsmooth optimization via the Goldstein subdifferential with application to descent methods

Bennet Gebken

The Goldstein -subdifferential is a relaxed version of the Clarke subdifferential which has recently appeared in several algorithms for nonsmooth optimization. With it…

math.OC2025

Using second-order information in gradient sampling methods for nonsmooth optimization

Bennet Gebken

In this article, we introduce a novel concept for second-order information of a nonsmooth function inspired by the Goldstein eps-subdifferential. It comprises the coefficients of a…