Solution of A Linear System
Gradient descent can be used to solve a system of linear equations, reformulated as a quadratic minimization problem, e.g., using linear least squares. Solution of
in the sense of linear least squares is defined as minimizing the function
In traditional linear least squares for real and the Euclidean norm is used, in which case
In this case, the line search minimization, finding the locally optimal step size on every iteration, can be performed analytically, and explicit formulas for the locally optimal are known.
For solving linear equations, gradient descent is rarely used, with the conjugate gradient method being one of the most popular alternatives. The speed of convergence of gradient descent depends on the maximal and minimal eigenvalues of, while the speed of convergence of conjugate gradients has a more complex dependence on the eigenvalues, and can benefit from preconditioning. Gradient descent also benefits from preconditioning, but this is not done as commonly.
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