Course Announcements

10/7/26

1. Sets 8 and 9 of the class notes have been posted.

10/6/26

1. Typos have been fixed in Set 6.

2. Set 7 is now the inexact Newton discussion (was Set 8).

3. Convexity, Coercive and L-smooth function implications in old Set 7 will be discussed after some sets on local model-based methods along with the related convergence theorems.

10/5/26

1. Sets 7 and 8 of the class notes have been posted.

9/24/26

1. A typo in the convergence rate theorem at the end of Set 4 of the class notes has been corrected and the set reposted.

9/22/26

1. Set 6 of the class notes has been posted.

9/3/26

1. Set 5 of the class notes has been posted.

9/4/26

1. Minor changes made to Set 2 and the set has been reposted.

2. There will be no office hours today.

8/30/26

1. Some clarifications have been added to Set 3 of the class notes and the set has been reposted.

2. Set 4 of the class notes has been posted.

8/26/26

1. Set 3 of the class notes has been posted.

8/24/26

1. Security information have been posted on the canvas course page.

2. The syllabus and a description of the format for submitting program solutions has been posted.

3. Sets 1 and 2 of the class notes and many reference papers have been posted.