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New Skewon algorithm offers exact closed-form optimization on Stiefel manifold

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Researchers have developed Skewon, a new optimization algorithm for problems involving matrices with orthonormal columns, a common structure in machine learning. This algorithm provides an exact closed-form solution for the Muon optimization method on the Stiefel manifold, overcoming limitations of previous approximate or iterative approaches. Skewon also offers first-order convergence guarantees for smooth non-convex optimization tasks and has an efficient implementation available. AI

IMPACT Provides a more efficient and exact method for orthogonality-constrained optimization, potentially improving performance in machine learning tasks.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Mikhail Solonko, Molozhavenko Alexander, Maxim Rakhuba ·

    Muon on the Stiefel Manifold Admits an Exact Closed-Form Update

    arXiv:2608.06218v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study Muon, a recently proposed matrix-aware optimization method, in the context of the Stiefel manifold. This manifold consists of matrices with orthonormal columns and is ubiquitous in machine learning and scientific computin…

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