Week 2 Optional Lab Learning Rate


Why in this lab, it says that when learning rate causes the J cost function to jump across the global minimum (alpha = 9e-7), it is gonna converge quicker, than when the 3rd learning rate is used (alpha = 1e-7)? As when I look at the graph of J vs # of iterations, the J clearly goes directly to the global minimum using the 3rd learning rate value. After 10 iterations, J is much higher using alpha number 2 compared to when using alpha number 3.

I will be grateful for explanation.

Please move this thread to the right topic. Based on the content, does this belong to MLS (Machine learning specialization) ?

Thank you @balaji.ambresh!

Hi @Siemieniuk, the game isn’t over in 10 iterations, please let each of them run 200 iterations or more, and see which one will be faster.

Cheers!

Raymond