
# step size rule based on the Armijo rule

Determines a step size $s>0$ such that

where $\eta$ is a descent direction, e.g. $\eta = -\nabla F(x)$. where the search is performed by $s^\rho$, $% $ and $c>0$ is a constant. For further details see Definition 4.2.2 in [1]

### Optional Parameters

Gradient ($\eta$)
if this value is not given, we assume that $\eta=-\nabla F$ is the negative gradient. Otherwise you have to spezify a gradient here
InitialStepSize: ($1$)
initial step size $s$ as starting point for the line search
rho (0.5)
decrease exponent for line search, i.e. we update $s\rightarrow s^\rho$
c ($0.0001$)
constant in front of the inner product.

### Matlab Documentation

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% stepSizeAsrmijo(M,F,x,descentDir) compute the step size by Armijo's rule
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% INPUT
%   M          : a manifold
%   F          : a functional @(x)
%   x          : the current point
%   descentDir : a descent direction
%
% OPTIONAL
%   Gradient : (descentDir) gradient direction (if descentDir is not -grad)
%    InitialStepSize : (1) initial step size as starting point for search
%    rho     : (0.5) decrease factor x_next = (x)^rho
%    c       : (0.0001) the factor in front of the norm
% ---
% MVIRT | R. Bergmann | 2018-03-15


### References

1. Absil, P-A, Mahony, R and Sepulchre, R (2008). Optimization Algorithms on Matrix Manifolds. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford