# An Idea for Optimization as if Solving ODE

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-idea-for-optimization-as-if-solving-ode/42195
**Category:** Optimization (Mathematical)
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-idea-for-optimization-as-if-solving-ode/42195 "2020-06-28T12:10:34Z")
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### Author: ![tomaklutfu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomaklutfu/32/2411_2.png) [@tomaklutfu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomaklutfu)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/an-idea-for-optimization-as-if-solving-ode/42195/3 "2020-06-28T12:36:38Z")

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Hi @antoine-levitt thanks for the discussion. I know it is just gradient descent and I just wanted to make up simplest example. Do you mind sharing such papers? I don’t see how following a curve and finding the endpoint should clash. Also, do you have a concrete argument that it is a bad idea in general if you wan to share?

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