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48 results for Newton transformations

Transformers can approximate Newton's method for logistic regression.

problem Implementing higher order optimization methods in Transformers.
method Linear attention Transformers with ReLU layers approximating second order optimization algorithms.
result Transformers can implement a single step of Newton's iteration for matrix inversion.

A new EM gradient algorithm for mixture models with skewed components.

problem Fitting mixture models with skewed components derived from the Manly transformation.
method Proposes an alternative EM gradient algorithm using Newton's method for better parameter updates.
result Shows improved convergence and parameter estimation compared to the Nelder-Mead optimization.

We introduce a geometric framework to study Newton's equations on infinite-dimensional configuration spaces of diffeomorphisms and smooth probability densities. It turns out that several important PDEs of hydrodynamical origin can be described in this framework in a natural way. In particular, the Madelung transform be…

2017-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper generalizes optimization algorithms using category theory.

problem Optimizing functions in a category-theoretic setting.
method Using the Cartesian reverse derivative to generalize gradient descent and Newton's method.
result Properties of optimization algorithms are preserved in the generalized setting, including invariances and convergence.

Approximate Newton methods are a standard optimization tool which aim to maintain the benefits of Newton's method, such as a fast rate of convergence, whilst alleviating its drawbacks, such as computationally expensive calculation or estimation of the inverse Hessian. In this work we investigate approximate Newton meth…

2015-07-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Classification of cubics (that is, third order planar curves in the R2R^2 up to certain transformations is interested since Newton, and treated by several authors. We classify cubics up to affine transformations, in seven class, and give a complete set of representatives of the these classes. This result is complete an…

2005-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We revisit the geodesic approach to ideal hydrodynamics and present a related geometric framework for Newton's equations on groups of diffeomorphisms and spaces of probability densities. The latter setting is sufficiently general to include equations of compressible and incompressible fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynami…

2020-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Sketching, a dimensionality reduction technique, has received much attention in the statistics community. In this paper, we study sketching in the context of Newton's method for solving finite-sum optimization problems in which the number of variables and data points are both large. We study two forms of sketching that…

2017-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

The article proves integral formulas for foliated sub-Riemannian manifolds.

problem Integral formulas for foliated sub-Riemannian manifolds.
method Proved a series of integral formulae involving mean curvatures, Newton transformations, and curvature tensor.
result Generalized known integral formulas for codimension-one foliations.

Bayesian deep learning avoids underfitting by projecting onto null space of generalized Gauss-Newton matrix.

problem Bayesian deep learning often underfits, leading to less accurate predictions than point estimates.
method Proposes a matrix-free algorithm to project onto the null space of the generalized Gauss-Newton matrix, ensuring Bayesian predictions do not underfit.
result The method scales to large models, including vision transformers with 28 million parameters, and avoids underfitting.

The article derives integral formulas for foliated sub-Riemannian manifolds.

problem Integrating geometric concepts in Riemannian manifolds with foliations.
method Deriving integral formulas involving shape operators and curvature tensor.
result Generalizes results for foliated Riemannian manifolds and includes arbitrary functions.

This work improves interpretability and calibration of complex-valued neural networks using Newton-Puiseux analysis.

problem Insufficient interpretability and probability calibration of complex-valued neural networks.
method Newton-Puiseux framework to examine local decision geometry, fitting a polynomial surrogate and factorizing it using Newton-Puiseux expansions.
result Enhanced Expected Calibration Error in ECG and wireless modulation datasets compared to uncalibrated softmax and standard post-hoc baselines.

In this article, using the generalized Newton transformation, we define higher order mean curvatures of distributions of arbitrary codimension and we show that they agree with the ones from Brito and Naveira (Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 18, 371-383 (2000)). We also introduce higher order mean curvature vector fields and we…

2009-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

RNN operators solve Newton's equations with large timesteps for molecular dynamics.

problem Solving Newton's equations of motion with large timesteps for molecular dynamics simulations.
method Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) operators to solve Newton's equations using past trajectory data.
result Significant speedup in molecular dynamics simulations with timesteps up to 4000 times larger.

We generalize Newton-type methods for minimizing smooth functions to handle a sum of two convex functions: a smooth function and a nonsmooth function with a simple proximal mapping. We show that the resulting proximal Newton-type methods inherit the desirable convergence behavior of Newton-type methods for minimizing s…

2012-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm improves convergence of gradient boosting trees.

problem Global convergence of Newton boosting in tabular machine learning.
method Introduces Gradient Regularized Newton Descent for GBDTs, proving linear convergence for smooth, strongly convex losses and O(1k2)\mathcal{O}(\frac{1}{k^2}) rate for general convex losses.
result Achieves globally convergent second-order GBDT algorithm with rate matching first-order boosting.

Boosting algorithms are frequently used in applied data science and in research. To date, the distinction between boosting with either gradient descent or second-order Newton updates is often not made in both applied and methodological research, and it is thus implicitly assumed that the difference is irrelevant. The g…

2018-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Newton's method tackles nonlinear mappings into vector bundles with connections and retractions.

problem Finding zeros of mappings from a manifold into a vector bundle.
method Local convergence using differentiability concepts, Banach space Riemannian distance, and affine covariant damping strategy.
result Illustrated application to generalized non-symmetric eigenvalue problems.

New Q-Newton's method avoids saddle points and converges quadratically.

problem Optimizing functions with saddle points and ensuring convergence guarantees.
method Modified New Q-Newton's method with Backtracking line search.
result Theorem for Morse functions: quadratic convergence to local minima.

AuON is a linear-time optimizer that improves upon Muon's performance without approximate orthogonal matrices.

problem High memory and computational costs of orthogonal momentum updates.
method AuON uses normalized nonlinear scaling and a 'emergency brake' to handle exploding attention logits.
result AuON achieves strong performance without approximate orthogonal matrices, preserving structural alignment and reconditioning.

We study deformations of Riemannian metrics on a given manifold equipped with a codimension-one foliation subject to quantities expressed in terms of its second fundamental form. We prove the local existence and uniqueness theorem and estimate the existence time of solutions for some particular cases. The key step of t…

2010-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A new optimization method improves deep learning accuracy without hyper-parameter tuning.

problem Computational demands and convergence behavior in deep learning training.
method Stochastic quasi-Gauss-Newton (SQGN) optimization method combining stochastic quasi-Newton, Gauss-Newton, and variance reduction.
result SQGN provides excellent accuracy without hyper-parameter experimentation, improving convergence and computational performance.

This thesis disentangles Gauss-Newton and variational approximations in Bayesian deep learning.

problem Understanding the interplay between the Gauss-Newton method and variational approximations in Bayesian deep learning.
method Analysis of the Gauss-Newton method and Laplace/Gaussian variational approximations for neural networks.
result The combination of the Gauss-Newton method with approximate inference can be cast as inference in a linear or Gaussian process model.

SVRN accelerates Newton methods by reducing variance and improving performance.

problem Improving the efficiency of Newton methods for large-scale optimization problems.
method Stochastic Variance-Reduced Newton (SVRN) algorithm that accelerates Subsampled Newton and Iterative Hessian Sketch algorithms.
result SVRN accelerates Newton methods by reducing the number of passes over the data, achieving a significant improvement in performance.

In this article we present a natural generalization of Newton's Second Law valid in field theory, i.e., when the parameterized curves are replaced by parameterized submanifolds of higher dimension. For it we introduce what we have called the geodesic kk-vector field, analogous to the ordinary geodesic field and which …

2018-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The second order method as Newton Step is a suitable technique in Online Learning to guarantee regret bound. The large data is a challenge in Newton method to store second order matrices as hessian. In this paper, we have proposed an modified online Newton step that store first and second order matrices of dimension m …

2019-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning involves a difficult non-convex optimization problem, which is often solved by stochastic gradient (SG) methods. While SG is usually effective, it may not be robust in some situations. Recently, Newton methods have been investigated as an alternative optimization technique, but nearly all existing studies…

2018-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of measured laminations on surfaces using Newton polytopes and Poisson brackets.

problem Understanding the space of measured laminations on surfaces from a valuative perspective.
method Introducing Newton polytopes for character variety functions, defining tangent spaces, and identifying symplectic structures.
result Trace functions have unit coefficients at the extremal points of their Newton polytopes.

New quasi-Newton method guarantees global superlinear convergence.

problem Global convergence and superlinear convergence of quasi-Newton methods.
method Hybrid proximal extragradient method with online learning for Hessian approximation.
result First globally convergent quasi-Newton method with explicit superlinear convergence rate.

Paper develops a robust PP distributed quasi-Newton estimation for Byzantine machines.

problem Byzantine machines in distributed computing under Privacy Protection constraints.
method Robust PP distributed quasi-Newton estimation method that transmits only five vectors.
result Reduces privacy budgeting and transmission cost compared to gradient descent and Newton iteration.

Four decades after their invention, quasi-Newton methods are still state of the art in unconstrained numerical optimization. Although not usually interpreted thus, these are learning algorithms that fit a local quadratic approximation to the objective function. We show that many, including the most popular, quasi-Newto…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗