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Computer Scientists Discover Limits of Major Research Algorithm | Quanta Magazine

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The most widely used technique for finding the largest or smallest values of a math function turns out to be a fundamentally difficult computational problem.

Computer Scientists Discover Limits of Major Research Algorithm | Quanta Magazine Home Computer Scientists Discover Limits of Major Research Algorithm Read Later Share Copied! Comments Read Later Read Later computational complexity Computer Scientists Discover Limits of Major Research Algorithm By Nick Thieme August 17, 2021 The most widely used technique for finding the largest or smallest values of a math function turns out to be a fundamentally difficult computational problem. Read Later A new result in complexity theory establishes why the gradient descent algorithm cannot solve some kinds

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