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Improve `IndirectIterativeDual`

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Description

  • Add IndirectIterativeDual specific Newton safeguards (Conn, Gould, and Toint "Trust Region Methods" section 7.3)
  • Use Given's rotations to compute diff for different values of λ more efficiently (Conn, Gould, and Toint section 7.3 or Nocedal Wright section 4.3.) Depends on https://github.com/google/lineax/issues/6

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the IndirectIterativeDual implementation and read the linked lineax issue, then consult section 7.3 of Trust Region Methods or section 4.3 of Nocedal and Wright. Done means both checklist items are implemented: method-specific Newton safeguards and more efficient diff computation for different λ values.

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Tech stack
python
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performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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