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How does SGD escape local minima?

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A question on AI Stack Exchange asks for a mathematical explanation of why stochastic gradient descent can escape local minima that batch gradient descent would not.

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“SGD is able to jump out of local minima that would otherwise trap BGD I don't really understand the above statement.”
AI Stack Exchange, 27 Oct 2026, 21:05.

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