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On the Convergence Analysis of the Optimized Gradient Method

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  • Donghwan Kim

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jeffrey A. Fessler

    (University of Michigan)

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This paper considers the problem of unconstrained minimization of smooth convex functions having Lipschitz continuous gradients with known Lipschitz constant. We recently proposed the optimized gradient method for this problem and showed that it has a worst-case convergence bound for the cost function decrease that is twice as small as that of Nesterov’s fast gradient method, yet has a similarly efficient practical implementation. Drori showed recently that the optimized gradient method has optimal complexity for the cost function decrease over the general class of first-order methods. This optimality makes it important to study fully the convergence properties of the optimized gradient method. The previous worst-case convergence bound for the optimized gradient method was derived for only the last iterate of a secondary sequence. This paper provides an analytic convergence bound for the primary sequence generated by the optimized gradient method. We then discuss additional convergence properties of the optimized gradient method, including the interesting fact that the optimized gradient method has two types of worst-case functions: a piecewise affine-quadratic function and a quadratic function. These results help complete the theory of an optimal first-order method for smooth convex minimization.

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  • Donghwan Kim & Jeffrey A. Fessler, 2017. "On the Convergence Analysis of the Optimized Gradient Method," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer, vol. 172(1), pages 187-205, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joptap:v:172:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10957-016-1018-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10957-016-1018-7
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    1. NESTEROV, Yurii, 2013. "Gradient methods for minimizing composite functions," LIDAM Reprints CORE 2510, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    2. TAYLOR, Adrien B. & HENDRICKX, Julien M. & François GLINEUR, 2016. "Exact worst-case performance of first-order methods for composite convex optimization," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2016052, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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