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Replace a single optimizer update rule by a finite set of update modes, such as conservative SGD, momentum SGD, high-step SGD, and Adam-like preconditioned descent. Because the selected mode is applied with a one-step delay, score every candidate using a nominal predictor and choose the mode with the greatest certified decrease of a phase-dependent Lyapunov function around a short periodic optimizer orbit. This creates a controlled limit cycle in parameter or loss-state space, allowing stable…
Model gradient clipping as a piecewise-smooth optimizer with an unsaturated update mode and a norm-saturated update mode. Estimate the branch slope immediately after clipping activates; a positive slope predicts that a stable training state persists under clipping, while a nonpositive slope predicts an immediate non-smooth fold and potential loss or oscillation.
Add a scalar integral/sliding variable and a resettable auxiliary state to parameter optimization. The sliding controller rejects bounded gradient perturbations, while resetting the auxiliary state prevents accumulated momentum or integral windup; the reset mechanism is designed not to alter the reaching dynamics of the sliding surface.
Treat parameter-space curvature modes as RG momentum shells and use a smooth cutoff to construct a scale-dependent preconditioner rather than abruptly clipping eigenmodes. The optimizer should expose measurable crossovers between overdamped, KPZ-like, and nearly inviscid relaxation, allowing the learning rate and damping to change at empirically detected transitions instead of following a fixed schedule.
Replace a fixed or manually scheduled learning rate with a feedback controller that estimates the critical rate of a saddle-node-like training mode and slows the schedule before the mode overshoots. The controller is applied to a low-dimensional observable of training, while ordinary gradient updates remain unchanged. It should permit aggressive learning-rate increases away from the bifurcation and automatically reduce them near a sharp stability boundary.