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Sophia: clipped diagonal-curvature stochastic optimization

Preconditioned momentum gradients with moving averages of infrequently estimated Hessian diagonals and clipped coordinate updates, comparing two inexpensive curvature estimators.

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Preconditioned momentum gradients with moving averages of infrequently estimated Hessian diagonals and clipped coordinate updates, comparing two inexpensive curvature estimators.

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Second-order estimates and clipping have additional costs; reported twofold gains concern125M–770M GPT2/OpenWebText settings. Source theoretical results have assumptions not certified here and do not establish global convergence or universal condition-number independence.

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Hong Liu; Zhiyuan Li; David Hall; Percy Liang; Tengyu Ma

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Sophia: clipped diagonal-curvature stochastic optimization

Preconditioned momentum gradients with moving averages of infrequently estimated Hessian diagonals and clipped coordinate updates, comparing two inexpensive curvature estimators.

Scientific scope

Second-order estimates and clipping have additional costs; reported twofold gains concern125M–770M GPT2/OpenWebText settings. Source theoretical results have assumptions not certified here and do not establish global convergence or universal condition-number independence.

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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.

People and systems

Hong Liu; Zhiyuan Li; David Hall; Percy Liang; Tengyu Ma

Source-listed authors or explicitly credited technical contributors for the cited versions. Family entries retain source-specific attribution; a combined list is not one original-paper byline or equal individual work. Names alone do not establish resolved identities.

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