Nonlinear Optimization (MA 784)

Spring 2026

Time: TTh, 13:30-14:30
Place: Brooks 300
Instructor: David Papp
Email: dpapp at ncsu followed by dot edu
Web: https://dpapp.math.ncsu.edu/784-26spring.html
Office hours: Regular office hours: TBD, at SAS 3222. I'm frequently available by appointment, too; just send me an email.

Announcements

Homework 2 is here. I will add 1 (possibly 2 small) problem(s) to it later, but you can get started with these. (Due on February 19th.)
Homework 1 is here. (Due on January 29th.)

Class materials and recommended reading

References (will add more as we go)

(Cheng and Higham, 1998).
Renegar: A mathematical view of interior-point methods.
Bubeck: Convex Optimization: Algorithms and Complexity
Proving the convexity of the log-sum-exp function using almost every tool we learned: an educational thread on StackExchange.

Email me here: dpapp at ncsu followed by dot edu