echidna_optim/piggyback.rs
1use std::fmt;
2
3use echidna::{BytecodeTape, Dual, Float};
4
5/// Reason a piggyback solve failed to converge.
6///
7/// Marked `#[non_exhaustive]` so future variants can be added without
8/// breaking exhaustive `match`es. Numeric fields use `f64` (cast via
9/// `Float::to_f64`) for uniform diagnostic output regardless of the
10/// solver's `F` type.
11#[non_exhaustive]
12#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
13pub enum PiggybackError {
14 /// The primal `z_{k+1} = G(z_k, x)` produced a non-finite norm
15 /// (relative-norm `||z_new - z||/(1 + ||z||)` is NaN/Inf), or
16 /// the primal vector itself contained non-finite components in
17 /// the forward-adjoint loop. `last_norm` is the primal-delta
18 /// relative norm at the detecting iteration: non-finite when
19 /// detection came from the norm check (the usual case);
20 /// finite — and itself diagnostic — when detection came from
21 /// the componentwise finite check (primal vector overflowed
22 /// mid-iteration while the step-to-step delta stayed bounded).
23 PrimalDivergence { iteration: usize, last_norm: f64 },
24 /// Primal stayed finite but the tangent
25 /// `ż_{k+1} = G_z · ż_k + G_x · ẋ` produced non-finite values.
26 /// Catches the ratio-converging case where the primal norm
27 /// remains bounded while individual tangent components overflow.
28 /// `last_norm` is the primal-delta relative norm at the
29 /// detecting iteration — **finite** by construction here (the
30 /// tangent-only divergence path takes the norm-finite branch
31 /// before the componentwise check fires); surfacing it tells
32 /// the caller the primal iteration was bounded while the JVP
33 /// overflowed.
34 TangentDivergence { iteration: usize, last_norm: f64 },
35 /// Adjoint `λ_{k+1} = G_z^T · λ_k + z̄` produced non-finite
36 /// values (norm or individual components). `last_norm` is the
37 /// adjoint-delta relative norm at the detecting iteration:
38 /// non-finite when detection came from the norm check; finite
39 /// when it came from the componentwise `lambda_new` check.
40 AdjointDivergence { iteration: usize, last_norm: f64 },
41 /// `piggyback_tangent_solve` reached `max_iter` before **both** the
42 /// primal and tangent step-deltas met `tol`. `z_norm` is the final
43 /// iteration's relative primal-delta norm
44 /// (`||z_new - z|| / (1 + ||z||)`) — a value just over `tol` signals
45 /// proximity to convergence; many orders over signals stagnation; a
46 /// value **at or below** `tol` means the primal had converged and the
47 /// tangent (which starts at zero and converges on its own schedule)
48 /// was the stream still iterating. `iteration` equals `max_iter`.
49 IterationsExhaustedTangent { iteration: usize, z_norm: f64 },
50 /// `piggyback_adjoint_solve` reached `max_iter` without meeting
51 /// `tol`. `lam_norm` is the final iteration's relative adjoint-
52 /// delta norm (`||λ_new - λ|| / (1 + ||λ||)`).
53 IterationsExhaustedAdjoint { iteration: usize, lam_norm: f64 },
54 /// `piggyback_forward_adjoint_solve` reached `max_iter` without
55 /// meeting `tol` on both norms simultaneously. Each field is the
56 /// final iteration's relative norm for the corresponding stream.
57 IterationsExhaustedForwardAdjoint {
58 iteration: usize,
59 z_norm: f64,
60 lam_norm: f64,
61 },
62 /// A runtime-supplied vector argument to a public `*_solve` fn
63 /// had an unexpected length. `field` names the argument (e.g.
64 /// `"z_dot"`, `"z_bar"`), `expected` is the length the API
65 /// requires (typically `num_states` or `x.len()`), `actual` is
66 /// the length the caller supplied.
67 ///
68 /// Note: tape-shape contract mismatches
69 /// (`validate_step_tape`) and step-fn argument mismatches
70 /// (`piggyback_tangent_step[_with_buf]`) continue to panic —
71 /// those are programmer-contract violations, not recoverable
72 /// runtime failures.
73 DimensionMismatch {
74 field: &'static str,
75 expected: usize,
76 actual: usize,
77 },
78}
79
80impl fmt::Display for PiggybackError {
81 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
82 match self {
83 PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence {
84 iteration,
85 last_norm,
86 } => {
87 write!(
88 f,
89 "piggyback: primal diverged at iteration {iteration} (last_norm = {last_norm:.3e})"
90 )
91 }
92 PiggybackError::TangentDivergence {
93 iteration,
94 last_norm,
95 } => {
96 write!(
97 f,
98 "piggyback: tangent diverged at iteration {iteration} (last_norm = {last_norm:.3e})"
99 )
100 }
101 PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence {
102 iteration,
103 last_norm,
104 } => {
105 write!(
106 f,
107 "piggyback: adjoint diverged at iteration {iteration} (last_norm = {last_norm:.3e})"
108 )
109 }
110 PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedTangent { iteration, z_norm } => {
111 write!(
112 f,
113 "piggyback: tangent solve reached max_iter = {iteration} (z_norm = {z_norm:.3e})"
114 )
115 }
116 PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedAdjoint {
117 iteration,
118 lam_norm,
119 } => {
120 write!(
121 f,
122 "piggyback: adjoint solve reached max_iter = {iteration} (lam_norm = {lam_norm:.3e})"
123 )
124 }
125 PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedForwardAdjoint {
126 iteration,
127 z_norm,
128 lam_norm,
129 } => {
130 write!(
131 f,
132 "piggyback: forward-adjoint solve reached max_iter = {iteration} (z_norm = {z_norm:.3e}, lam_norm = {lam_norm:.3e})"
133 )
134 }
135 PiggybackError::DimensionMismatch {
136 field,
137 expected,
138 actual,
139 } => {
140 write!(
141 f,
142 "piggyback: dimension mismatch for `{field}` (expected {expected}, got {actual})"
143 )
144 }
145 }
146 }
147}
148
149impl std::error::Error for PiggybackError {}
150
151echidna::assert_send_sync!(PiggybackError);
152
153/// Validate that a step tape G: R^(m+n) -> R^m has the expected shape.
154///
155/// Uses `assert_eq!` (panic) rather than `Result` because shape
156/// mismatches are programmer errors — calling `piggyback_*_solve` with
157/// an inconsistent tape is a contract violation, not a runtime
158/// numerical failure that callers should recover from.
159fn validate_step_tape<F: Float>(tape: &BytecodeTape<F>, z: &[F], x: &[F], num_states: usize) {
160 assert_eq!(z.len(), num_states);
161 assert_eq!(tape.num_inputs(), num_states + x.len());
162 assert_eq!(
163 tape.num_outputs(),
164 num_states,
165 "step tape must have num_outputs == num_states (G: R^(m+n) -> R^m)"
166 );
167}
168
169/// Relative step delta `||new - old|| / (1 + ||old||)` — the fixed-point
170/// convergence convention shared by every piggyback stream. Plain
171/// accumulation on purpose: `convergence::norm` switches to compensated
172/// summation at larger n, which would shift gate values and the norms
173/// reported in `PiggybackError`.
174fn relative_delta_norm<F: Float>(new: &[F], old: &[F]) -> F {
175 let mut delta_sq = F::zero();
176 let mut old_sq = F::zero();
177 for (&n, &o) in new.iter().zip(old.iter()) {
178 let d = n - o;
179 delta_sq = delta_sq + d * d;
180 old_sq = old_sq + o * o;
181 }
182 delta_sq.sqrt() / (F::one() + old_sq.sqrt())
183}
184
185/// One tangent piggyback step through a fixed-point map G.
186///
187/// Given the iteration `z_{k+1} = G(z_k, x)`, computes both the primal step
188/// and the tangent propagation `ż_{k+1} = G_z · ż_k + G_x · ẋ` in a single
189/// forward pass using dual numbers.
190///
191/// Returns `(z_new, z_dot_new)`.
192pub fn piggyback_tangent_step<F: Float>(
193 step_tape: &BytecodeTape<F>,
194 z: &[F],
195 x: &[F],
196 z_dot: &[F],
197 x_dot: &[F],
198 num_states: usize,
199) -> (Vec<F>, Vec<F>) {
200 let mut buf = Vec::new();
201 piggyback_tangent_step_with_buf(step_tape, z, x, z_dot, x_dot, num_states, &mut buf)
202}
203
204/// One tangent piggyback step, reusing `buf` across calls.
205///
206/// Same as [`piggyback_tangent_step`] but avoids reallocating the internal
207/// dual-number buffer on each call.
208pub fn piggyback_tangent_step_with_buf<F: Float>(
209 step_tape: &BytecodeTape<F>,
210 z: &[F],
211 x: &[F],
212 z_dot: &[F],
213 x_dot: &[F],
214 num_states: usize,
215 buf: &mut Vec<Dual<F>>,
216) -> (Vec<F>, Vec<F>) {
217 validate_step_tape(step_tape, z, x, num_states);
218 let m = num_states;
219 let n = x.len();
220 assert_eq!(z_dot.len(), m, "z_dot length must equal num_states");
221 assert_eq!(x_dot.len(), n, "x_dot length must equal x length");
222
223 // Build dual inputs: [Dual(z_i, ż_i), ..., Dual(x_j, ẋ_j), ...]
224 let mut dual_inputs = Vec::with_capacity(m + n);
225 for i in 0..m {
226 dual_inputs.push(Dual::new(z[i], z_dot[i]));
227 }
228 for j in 0..n {
229 dual_inputs.push(Dual::new(x[j], x_dot[j]));
230 }
231
232 // Dual-specialized sweep: custom ops evaluate their tangents at the
233 // current (z, x) via eval_dual instead of a recording-time linearization.
234 step_tape.forward_tangent_dual(&dual_inputs, buf);
235
236 // Extract outputs: .re -> z_new, .eps -> z_dot_new
237 let out_indices = step_tape.all_output_indices();
238 let mut z_new = Vec::with_capacity(m);
239 let mut z_dot_new = Vec::with_capacity(m);
240 for &idx in out_indices {
241 let d = buf[idx as usize];
242 z_new.push(d.re);
243 z_dot_new.push(d.eps);
244 }
245
246 (z_new, z_dot_new)
247}
248
249/// Tangent piggyback solve: find fixed point z* = G(z*, x) and its tangent ż*.
250///
251/// Iterates the fixed-point map `z_{k+1} = G(z_k, x)` while simultaneously
252/// propagating tangents `ż_{k+1} = G_z · ż_k + G_x · ẋ`.
253///
254/// Returns `Ok((z_star, z_dot_star, iterations))` when **both** iterates
255/// have converged (relative step-delta below `tol` for each). The tangent
256/// starts at zero and converges on its own schedule — its error decays as
257/// `ρᵏ·‖ż*‖` regardless of how close `z0` is to `z*` — so primal
258/// convergence alone would return a truncated Neumann sum for a
259/// warm-started primal. Returns
260/// `Err(PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence)` when the primal norm becomes
261/// non-finite, `Err(PiggybackError::TangentDivergence)` when the primal
262/// stays finite but the tangent overflows (ratio-converging case), or
263/// `Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedTangent { iteration, z_norm })` when
264/// `max_iter` is reached before both deltas satisfy `tol`.
265pub fn piggyback_tangent_solve<F: Float>(
266 step_tape: &BytecodeTape<F>,
267 z0: &[F],
268 x: &[F],
269 x_dot: &[F],
270 num_states: usize,
271 max_iter: usize,
272 tol: F,
273) -> Result<(Vec<F>, Vec<F>, usize), PiggybackError> {
274 // Runtime vector-length check at solve-level: surfaces dimension
275 // mismatches as `Err` before the first iteration dispatches to the
276 // step fn (which still panics on bad input as a contract-level
277 // guarantee).
278 if x_dot.len() != x.len() {
279 return Err(PiggybackError::DimensionMismatch {
280 field: "x_dot",
281 expected: x.len(),
282 actual: x_dot.len(),
283 });
284 }
285 let m = num_states;
286 let mut z = z0.to_vec();
287 let mut z_dot = vec![F::zero(); m];
288 let mut buf = Vec::new();
289 let mut last_norm: f64 = f64::NAN;
290
291 for k in 0..max_iter {
292 let (z_new, z_dot_new) =
293 piggyback_tangent_step_with_buf(step_tape, &z, x, &z_dot, x_dot, num_states, &mut buf);
294
295 // Relative convergence: ||z_new - z|| / (1 + ||z||)
296 let norm = relative_delta_norm(&z_new, &z);
297 // Variant-mapping order: norm-check first → PrimalDivergence;
298 // tangent-finite check second → TangentDivergence. A non-finite
299 // primal naturally produces a non-finite norm, so it falls into
300 // PrimalDivergence by detection priority.
301 if !norm.is_finite() {
302 return Err(PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence {
303 iteration: k,
304 last_norm: norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
305 });
306 }
307 // Detect tangent divergence even when the primal `z_new` itself is
308 // finite: the JVP iteration `z_dot_{k+1} = G_z·z_dot_k + G_x·x_dot`
309 // can produce Inf/NaN tangents that a primal-only norm check misses.
310 if !z_dot_new.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) {
311 // `norm` is guaranteed finite here — the `!norm.is_finite()`
312 // branch above would have returned `PrimalDivergence` first.
313 // The debug_assert guards against a future refactor that
314 // reorders these checks and silently invalidates the
315 // `TangentDivergence::last_norm` docstring's "finite by
316 // construction" promise.
317 debug_assert!(
318 norm.is_finite(),
319 "TangentDivergence path must see a finite primal norm"
320 );
321 return Err(PiggybackError::TangentDivergence {
322 iteration: k,
323 last_norm: norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
324 });
325 }
326 // Tangent convergence, mirroring the primal's relative-delta form
327 // (and `piggyback_forward_adjoint_solve`'s two-stream gate). The
328 // tangent starts at zero, so its delta shrinks on its own schedule;
329 // gating on the primal alone would return early with a truncated
330 // Neumann sum whenever the primal is warm-started. A non-finite
331 // `tangent_norm` cannot fake convergence (`NaN < tol` and
332 // `Inf < tol` are both false), and non-finite tangents were already
333 // rejected componentwise above.
334 let tangent_norm = relative_delta_norm(&z_dot_new, &z_dot);
335
336 last_norm = norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN);
337 if norm < tol && tangent_norm < tol {
338 return Ok((z_new, z_dot_new, k + 1));
339 }
340
341 z = z_new;
342 z_dot = z_dot_new;
343 }
344
345 Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedTangent {
346 iteration: max_iter,
347 z_norm: last_norm,
348 })
349}
350
351/// Adjoint piggyback solve at a converged fixed point z* = G(z*, x).
352///
353/// Iterates the adjoint fixed-point equation `λ_{k+1} = G_z^T · λ_k + z̄`
354/// using reverse-mode sweeps through the step tape. At convergence, returns
355/// `x̄ = G_x^T · λ*`.
356///
357/// Requires z* to already be computed (e.g. by the primal solver).
358/// The iteration converges when G is a contraction (‖G_z‖ < 1).
359///
360/// Returns `Ok((x_bar, iterations))` on convergence. Returns
361/// `Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence)` when the adjoint norm is
362/// non-finite or `lambda_new` overflows (ratio-converging case), or
363/// `Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedAdjoint { iteration, lam_norm })`
364/// when `max_iter` is reached without satisfying `tol`.
365pub fn piggyback_adjoint_solve<F: Float>(
366 step_tape: &mut BytecodeTape<F>,
367 z_star: &[F],
368 x: &[F],
369 z_bar: &[F],
370 num_states: usize,
371 max_iter: usize,
372 tol: F,
373) -> Result<(Vec<F>, usize), PiggybackError> {
374 // Runtime arg-length check first so solve-fn users see
375 // `Err(DimensionMismatch)` in preference to a `validate_step_tape`
376 // panic when both would fire. Matches the check ordering in
377 // `piggyback_tangent_solve`.
378 let m = num_states;
379 if z_bar.len() != m {
380 return Err(PiggybackError::DimensionMismatch {
381 field: "z_bar",
382 expected: m,
383 actual: z_bar.len(),
384 });
385 }
386 validate_step_tape(step_tape, z_star, x, num_states);
387
388 // Set primal values: forward([z*, x])
389 let mut input = Vec::with_capacity(m + x.len());
390 input.extend_from_slice(z_star);
391 input.extend_from_slice(x);
392 step_tape.forward(&input);
393
394 let mut lambda = z_bar.to_vec();
395 let mut last_norm: f64 = f64::NAN;
396
397 for k in 0..max_iter {
398 // reverse_seeded(λ) returns [G_z^T · λ; G_x^T · λ] (length m+n)
399 let adj = step_tape.reverse_seeded(&lambda);
400
401 // λ_new[i] = adj[i] + z_bar[i] for i = 0..m
402 let lambda_new: Vec<F> = (0..m).map(|i| adj[i] + z_bar[i]).collect();
403 let norm = relative_delta_norm(&lambda_new, &lambda);
404 if !norm.is_finite() {
405 return Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence {
406 iteration: k,
407 last_norm: norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
408 });
409 }
410 // A ratio-converging iteration with exponentially-growing `lambda`
411 // magnitudes (spectral radius of `G_z^T` ≥ 1) can produce finite
412 // `norm` while `lambda_new` is Inf/NaN. Explicit finite check
413 // catches the divergence regardless of ratio behaviour.
414 if !lambda_new.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) {
415 debug_assert!(
416 norm.is_finite(),
417 "AdjointDivergence componentwise path must see a finite norm"
418 );
419 return Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence {
420 iteration: k,
421 last_norm: norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
422 });
423 }
424 last_norm = norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN);
425 if norm < tol {
426 // One extra reverse pass with converged lambda to get consistent x_bar.
427 // Without this, adj[m..] uses the pre-convergence lambda, introducing
428 // O(tol * ||G_x||) error.
429 let adj_final = step_tape.reverse_seeded(&lambda_new);
430 return Ok((adj_final[m..].to_vec(), k + 1));
431 }
432
433 lambda = lambda_new;
434 }
435
436 Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedAdjoint {
437 iteration: max_iter,
438 lam_norm: last_norm,
439 })
440}
441
442/// Interleaved forward-adjoint piggyback solve.
443///
444/// Simultaneously iterates the primal fixed-point `z_{k+1} = G(z_k, x)` and
445/// the adjoint equation `λ_{k+1} = G_z^T · λ_k + z̄`. This cuts the total
446/// iteration count from `K_primal + K_adjoint` to `max(K_primal, K_adjoint)`.
447///
448/// Returns `Ok((z_star, x_bar, iterations))` when both `z` and `λ` converge.
449/// Returns `Err(PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence)` when `z_norm` becomes
450/// non-finite or `z_new` itself contains non-finite components,
451/// `Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence)` when the adjoint norm or
452/// `lambda_new` overflows, or
453/// `Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedForwardAdjoint { iteration, z_norm, lam_norm })`
454/// when `max_iter` is reached without satisfying `tol`.
455pub fn piggyback_forward_adjoint_solve<F: Float>(
456 step_tape: &mut BytecodeTape<F>,
457 z0: &[F],
458 x: &[F],
459 z_bar: &[F],
460 num_states: usize,
461 max_iter: usize,
462 tol: F,
463) -> Result<(Vec<F>, Vec<F>, usize), PiggybackError> {
464 // Runtime arg-length check first — see note on
465 // `piggyback_adjoint_solve`.
466 let m = num_states;
467 if z_bar.len() != m {
468 return Err(PiggybackError::DimensionMismatch {
469 field: "z_bar",
470 expected: m,
471 actual: z_bar.len(),
472 });
473 }
474 validate_step_tape(step_tape, z0, x, num_states);
475
476 // Pre-allocate input buffer [z, x]
477 let mut input = Vec::with_capacity(m + x.len());
478 input.extend_from_slice(z0);
479 input.extend_from_slice(x);
480
481 let mut lambda = z_bar.to_vec();
482 let mut last_z_norm: f64 = f64::NAN;
483 let mut last_lam_norm: f64 = f64::NAN;
484
485 for k in 0..max_iter {
486 // Forward pass at current z
487 step_tape.forward(&input);
488 let z_new = step_tape.output_values();
489
490 // Reverse pass with current λ
491 let adj = step_tape.reverse_seeded(&lambda);
492
493 // Primal convergence: ||z_new - z|| / (1 + ||z||)
494 let z_norm = relative_delta_norm(&z_new, &input);
495 if !z_norm.is_finite() {
496 return Err(PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence {
497 iteration: k,
498 last_norm: z_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
499 });
500 }
501
502 // Adjoint update and convergence: λ_new = G_z^T · λ + z̄
503 let lambda_new: Vec<F> = (0..m).map(|i| adj[i] + z_bar[i]).collect();
504 let lam_norm = relative_delta_norm(&lambda_new, &lambda);
505 if !lam_norm.is_finite() {
506 return Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence {
507 iteration: k,
508 last_norm: lam_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
509 });
510 }
511 // Same divergence case as the standalone solvers: a ratio-converging
512 // iteration with exponentially-growing lambda magnitudes can produce
513 // finite `lam_norm` while `lambda_new` itself is Inf/NaN.
514 if !lambda_new.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) {
515 debug_assert!(
516 lam_norm.is_finite(),
517 "AdjointDivergence componentwise path must see a finite lam_norm"
518 );
519 return Err(PiggybackError::AdjointDivergence {
520 iteration: k,
521 last_norm: lam_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
522 });
523 }
524 // Defense-in-depth: a non-finite `z_new[i]` would typically have
525 // already shown up as `!z_norm.is_finite()` above (the delta/sq
526 // loops touch every index), but guard the componentwise case
527 // explicitly so a future refactor of the norm computation can't
528 // silently lose primal-divergence detection.
529 if !z_new.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite()) {
530 debug_assert!(
531 z_norm.is_finite(),
532 "PrimalDivergence componentwise path must see a finite z_norm"
533 );
534 return Err(PiggybackError::PrimalDivergence {
535 iteration: k,
536 last_norm: z_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN),
537 });
538 }
539
540 last_z_norm = z_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN);
541 last_lam_norm = lam_norm.to_f64().unwrap_or(f64::NAN);
542
543 if z_norm < tol && lam_norm < tol {
544 // One extra reverse pass with converged lambda_new to get consistent x_bar,
545 // matching the pattern in piggyback_adjoint_solve.
546 input[..m].copy_from_slice(&z_new[..m]);
547 step_tape.forward(&input);
548 let adj_final = step_tape.reverse_seeded(&lambda_new);
549 return Ok((z_new, adj_final[m..].to_vec(), k + 1));
550 }
551
552 // Update z in the input buffer
553 input[..m].copy_from_slice(&z_new[..m]);
554 lambda = lambda_new;
555 }
556
557 Err(PiggybackError::IterationsExhaustedForwardAdjoint {
558 iteration: max_iter,
559 z_norm: last_z_norm,
560 lam_norm: last_lam_norm,
561 })
562}