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Stepsize Hedging: an Alternative Mechanism for Accelerating Gradient Descent

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Can gradient descent be accelerated by just choosing better stepsizes? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. This short expository article provides an accessible introduction to this phenomenon of stepsize hedging.

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Lower Bounds for Anytime Acceleration of Gradient Descent

math.OC · 2026-07-02 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Establishes that no positive stepsize schedule achieves better than o(n^{-1.334}) anytime convergence for function values or o(n^{-1}) for squared gradient norms in smooth convex optimization.

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  • Lower Bounds for Anytime Acceleration of Gradient Descent math.OC · 2026-07-02 · unverdicted · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    Establishes that no positive stepsize schedule achieves better than o(n^{-1.334}) anytime convergence for function values or o(n^{-1}) for squared gradient norms in smooth convex optimization.