Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...

Abstract: In this letter we revisit the famous heavy ball method and study its global convergence for a class of non-convex problems with sector-bounded gradient. We characterize the parameters that ...

Abstract: Persuasion exists in every aspect of social life. It is important to understand how persuasion works and how strong it is. In this article, we improve the classic Hegselmann–Krause model, ...