Nicolas Boumal

Thanks for the follow up! > we do not try to find an approximate critical point when the retraction is not 2nd order; we always pick one at random. Same:...

(I imagine the missing link in your first sentence is [https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01467](https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01467).) It's true that such external packages sometimes lack visibility, but I'm still in favor of keeping them separate from...