# activation_preconditioned_adam.py import torch import math from torch.optim.optimizer import Optimizer class ActivationPreconditionedAdam(Optimizer): """ Implements the Activation-Preconditioned Adam algorithm. This optimizer projects gradients into a preconditioned space derived from the SVD of the activation's second-moment matrix, performs an Adam update in that space, and projects the update back. """ def __init__(self, params, lr=1e-3, betas=(0.9, 0.95, 0.95), weight_decay=0.1, eps=1e-8): # beta1: momentum; beta2: adam second moment; beta3: preconditioner; # if not 0.0 <= lr: # raise ValueError(f"Invalid learning rate: {lr}") # if not (isinstance(betas, (list, tuple)) and len(betas) == 3): # raise ValueError(f"Betas must be a tuple/list of 3 elements.") # if not 0.0 <= betas[0] < 1.0: # raise ValueError(f"Invalid beta1 parameter: {betas[0]}") # if not 0.0 <= betas[1] < 1.0: # raise ValueError(f"Invalid beta2 parameter: {betas[1]}") # if not 0.0 <= betas[2] < 1.0: # raise ValueError(f"Invalid beta3 parameter: {betas[2]}") # if not 0.0 <= weight_decay: # raise ValueError(f"Invalid weight_decay value: {weight_decay}") defaults = dict(lr=lr, betas=betas, weight_decay=weight_decay, eps=eps) super(ActivationPreconditionedAdam, self).__init__(params, defaults) @torch.no_grad() def step(self, closure=None): loss = None if closure is not None: with torch.enable_grad(): loss = closure() for group in self.param_groups: lr = group['lr'] if len(group['betas']) == 2: beta1, beta2_adam = group['betas'] beta2_precond = beta2_adam else: beta1, beta2_adam, beta2_precond = group['betas'] weight_decay = group['weight_decay'] eps = group['eps'] for p in group['params']: if p.grad is None: continue if not hasattr(p, 'activation_second_moment'): continue grad = p.grad if grad.is_sparse: raise RuntimeError('This optimizer does not support sparse gradients.') state = self.state[p] # State initialization if len(state) == 0: state['step'] = 0 # M_t: Momentum buffer for gradients in original space state['momentum_buffer'] = torch.zeros_like(p, memory_format=torch.preserve_format) # Λ_t: Preconditioner matrix state['preconditioner'] = torch.zeros((p.shape[1], p.shape[1]), device=p.device) # V'_t: Adam's 2nd moment buffer in the *projected* space state['adam_v_prime'] = torch.zeros_like(p, memory_format=torch.preserve_format) state['step'] += 1 step = state['step'] momentum_buffer = state['momentum_buffer'] preconditioner = state['preconditioner'] adam_v_prime = state['adam_v_prime'] xxt = p.activation_second_moment # Step 5: Update momentum buffer M_t = β1*M_{t-1} + (1-β1)*G_t momentum_buffer.mul_(beta1).add_(grad, alpha=1 - beta1) # Step 6: Update preconditioner Λ_t = β2*Λ_{t-1} + (1-β2)*X_t*X_t^T preconditioner.mul_(beta2_precond).add_(xxt, alpha=1 - beta2_precond) # Step 7: Get unitary matrix U_t via SVD(Λ_t) # For a symmetric matrix like Λ_t, SVD (U,S,Vh) has U == Vh.T # We add a small epsilon for stability in case Λ_t is rank-deficient eps_I = torch.eye(preconditioner.size(0), device=preconditioner.device) * eps # we use float32 for eigendecomposition to ensure numerical stability # svd is numerically more accurate than eigh U, S, Vh = torch.linalg.svd(preconditioner.float() + eps_I) # S, U = torch.linalg.eigh(preconditioner.float() + eps_I) # since Λ_t is symmetric # Step 8: Project momentum and gradient M_prime = torch.matmul(momentum_buffer, U) G_prime = torch.matmul(grad, U) # +++ ADDED: Store G_prime in state for external logging +++ # will cost more memory, only use it for logging state['G_prime'] = G_prime # Step 9: Update Adam's second moment in projected space # V'_t = β3*V'_{t-1} + (1-β3)*G'_t*G'_t adam_v_prime.mul_(beta2_adam).addcmul_(G_prime, G_prime, value=1 - beta2_adam) # --- Adam Bias Correction --- bias_correction1 = 1 - beta1 ** step bias_correction3 = 1 - beta2_adam ** step # Correct the moments M_prime_hat = M_prime / bias_correction1 adam_v_prime_hat = adam_v_prime / bias_correction3 # Step 10: Run Adam in the preconditioned space # Q_t = M'_hat / (sqrt(V'_hat) + eps) denom = adam_v_prime_hat.sqrt().add_(eps) Q_t = M_prime_hat / denom # Apply weight decay (AdamW style) before the main update if weight_decay > 0.0: p.add_(p, alpha=-lr * weight_decay) # Step 11: Project back to do the update # W_{t+1} = W_t - η_t * Q_t * U_t^T update = torch.matmul(Q_t, U.t()) p.add_(update, alpha=-lr) # Cleanup delattr(p, 'activation_second_moment') return loss