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"""Objective functions and optimisers, in one or two variables.
Positions, gradients and Hessians are NumPy arrays of length 1 or 2, so each
optimiser is written once for both.
"""
import numpy as np
from sympy import Abs, Expr, acos, asin, atan, cos, exp, lambdify, log, pi, sin, sqrt, symbols, tan
from sympy.parsing.sympy_parser import (
convert_xor,
implicit_multiplication_application,
parse_expr,
standard_transformations,
)
# Real, so that e.g. d/dx |x| is sign(x)
VARIABLES = symbols("x y", real=True)
ALLOWED_NAMES = {
"sin": sin, "cos": cos, "tan": tan, "asin": asin, "acos": acos, "atan": atan,
"log": log, "ln": log, "sqrt": sqrt, "abs": Abs, "exp": exp,
"e": exp(1), "pi": pi, "π": pi,
}
def parse_function(expression: str, n_variables: int) -> Expr:
"""Parse e.g. "x^2 + 3y^2"; raises ValueError with a message for students."""
if not expression.strip():
raise ValueError("Enter a function.")
variables = VARIABLES[:n_variables]
names = {str(v): v for v in VARIABLES} | ALLOWED_NAMES
try:
expr = parse_expr(
expression,
local_dict=names,
transformations=standard_transformations + (implicit_multiplication_application, convert_xor),
)
except Exception:
raise ValueError("This isn't a function sympy can read. Check the brackets and operators.")
if not isinstance(expr, Expr):
raise ValueError("This isn't a function sympy can read. Check the brackets and operators.")
unknown = expr.free_symbols - set(variables)
if unknown:
allowed = " and ".join(str(v) for v in variables)
raise ValueError(f"Unknown name {', '.join(sorted(map(str, unknown)))}: use only {allowed}.")
return expr
class Objective:
"""f with its gradient and Hessian, evaluated at a point or on a grid."""
def __init__(self, expr: Expr, n_variables: int):
variables = VARIABLES[:n_variables]
self.n = n_variables
self._f = lambdify(variables, expr, modules="numpy")
self._gradient = [lambdify(variables, expr.diff(v), modules="numpy") for v in variables]
self._hessian = [[lambdify(variables, expr.diff(a, b), modules="numpy") for b in variables] for a in variables]
def value(self, p: np.ndarray) -> float:
return float(self._f(*p))
def gradient(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
return np.array([float(g(*p)) for g in self._gradient])
def hessian(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
return np.array([[float(h(*p)) for h in row] for row in self._hessian])
def values_on(self, *grid: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
# Constant expressions give a scalar; spread it over the grid
return np.broadcast_to(np.asarray(self._f(*grid), dtype=float), grid[0].shape)
def gradient_on(self, *grid: np.ndarray) -> list[np.ndarray]:
return [np.broadcast_to(np.asarray(g(*grid), dtype=float), grid[0].shape) for g in self._gradient]
class SingularHessian(Exception):
pass
# Each optimiser keeps its own state between steps; step(p) returns the next position.
class GradientDescent:
"""Heavy-ball momentum: v ← μv − η∇f(x), x ← x + v."""
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, learning_rate: float, momentum: float):
self.f, self.lr, self.momentum = objective, learning_rate, momentum
self.v = 0.0
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
self.v = self.momentum * self.v - self.lr * self.f.gradient(p)
return p + self.v
class Nesterov:
"""Gradient taken at the look-ahead point x + μv."""
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, learning_rate: float, momentum: float):
self.f, self.lr, self.momentum = objective, learning_rate, momentum
self.v = 0.0
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
self.v = self.momentum * self.v - self.lr * self.f.gradient(p + self.momentum * self.v)
return p + self.v
class Newton:
"""x ← x − H⁻¹∇f(x)."""
def __init__(self, objective: Objective):
self.f = objective
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
h, g = self.f.hessian(p), self.f.gradient(p)
try:
delta = np.linalg.solve(h, g)
except np.linalg.LinAlgError:
raise SingularHessian()
# Pyodide's NumPy can't see floating-point errors, so solve returns inf or nan instead of raising
if np.all(np.isfinite(h)) and np.all(np.isfinite(g)) and not np.all(np.isfinite(delta)):
raise SingularHessian()
return p - delta
class Adagrad:
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, learning_rate: float, epsilon: float):
self.f, self.lr, self.eps = objective, learning_rate, epsilon
self.v = 0.0 # sum of squared gradients
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
g = self.f.gradient(p)
self.v = self.v + g**2
return p - self.lr / np.sqrt(self.v + self.eps) * g
class RMSProp:
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, learning_rate: float, beta: float, epsilon: float):
self.f, self.lr, self.beta, self.eps = objective, learning_rate, beta, epsilon
self.v = 0.0 # moving average of squared gradients
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
g = self.f.gradient(p)
self.v = self.beta * self.v + (1 - self.beta) * g**2
return p - self.lr / np.sqrt(self.v + self.eps) * g
class Adadelta:
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, beta: float, epsilon: float):
self.f, self.beta, self.eps = objective, beta, epsilon
self.v = 0.0 # moving average of squared gradients
self.s = 0.0 # moving average of squared updates
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
g = self.f.gradient(p)
self.v = self.beta * self.v + (1 - self.beta) * g**2
delta = -np.sqrt(self.s + self.eps) / np.sqrt(self.v + self.eps) * g
self.s = self.beta * self.s + (1 - self.beta) * delta**2
return p + delta
class Adam:
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, learning_rate: float, beta1: float, beta2: float, epsilon: float):
self.f, self.lr, self.beta1, self.beta2, self.eps = objective, learning_rate, beta1, beta2, epsilon
self.m = 0.0 # first moment
self.v = 0.0 # second moment
self.t = 0
def step(self, p: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
g = self.f.gradient(p)
self.t += 1
self.m = self.beta1 * self.m + (1 - self.beta1) * g
self.v = self.beta2 * self.v + (1 - self.beta2) * g**2
m_hat = self.m / (1 - self.beta1**self.t)
v_hat = self.v / (1 - self.beta2**self.t)
return p - self.lr / (np.sqrt(v_hat) + self.eps) * m_hat
# Ids match backend/src/algorithms.json
OPTIMISERS = {
"gradient_descent": GradientDescent,
"nesterov": Nesterov,
"newton": Newton,
"adam": Adam,
"adagrad": Adagrad,
"rmsprop": RMSProp,
"adadelta": Adadelta,
}
# A run that gets further than this from the origin has diverged
DIVERGENCE_LIMIT = 1e6
DIVERGED = "The next point has no finite value or is beyond 1,000,000: the run diverged or left the function's domain."
SINGULAR = "The Hessian is singular here, so Newton's method can't take a step."
class Run:
"""One optimiser's trajectory, computed as far as it has been asked for."""
def __init__(self, objective: Objective, optimiser, start: np.ndarray):
self.f = objective
self.optimiser = optimiser
self.points = [self._describe(start)]
self.position = start
# Why the run ended, once it has
self.stopped: str | None = None
def point(self, k: int) -> dict | None:
"""The point after k iterations, or None if the run stopped before then."""
with np.errstate(all="ignore"):
while len(self.points) <= k and self.stopped is None:
self._advance()
return self.points[k] if k < len(self.points) else None
def _advance(self) -> None:
try:
p = self.optimiser.step(self.position)
except SingularHessian:
self.stopped = SINGULAR
return
if not np.all(np.abs(p) <= DIVERGENCE_LIMIT) or not np.isfinite(self.f.value(p)):
self.stopped = DIVERGED
return
self.position = p
self.points.append(self._describe(p))
def _describe(self, p: np.ndarray) -> dict:
return {
"position": p.tolist(),
"value": self.f.value(p),
"gradient": self.f.gradient(p).tolist(),
"hessian": self.f.hessian(p).tolist(),
}