Fixed Point Methods and Optimization

Electronic ISSN: 3008-1548

DOI: 10.69829/fpmo

On the linear convergence rate of the generalized proximal point algorithm

Fixed Point Methods and Optimization, Volume 2, Issue 2, August 2025, Pages 158–166

NA XIAN

Key Laboratory of Optimization Theory and Applications at China West Normal University of Sichuan Province, School of Mathematics and Information, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China

KE GUO

Key Laboratory of Optimization Theory and Applications at China West Normal University of Sichuan Province, School of Mathematics and Information, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China


Abstract

The proximal point algorithm (PPA) has been extensively studied in the literature, with its linear convergence rate well established. Recent studies have demonstrated that PPA retains linear convergence under specific regularity conditions, including subdifferential error bound, the Polyak–Łojasiewicz inequality, and quadratic growth. The generalized proximal point algorithm (GPPA), a relaxed variant of PPA, offers numerical acceleration compared to the classical scheme. In this paper, we focus on examining the linear convergence of GPPA under the same regularity conditions that apply to PPA.


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Na Xian and Ke Guo, On the linear convergence rate of the generalized proximal point algorithm, Fixed Point Methods and Optimization, 2(2), 158–166, 2025