one can allow variable step size <math>\gamma_k</math> instead of a constant <math>\gamma</math>. Numerous adaptive step size schemes have been proposed throughout the literature.<ref name=combettes /><ref name=bauschke /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Loris|first=I. |coauthorsauthor2=Bertero, M., |author3=De Mol, C., |author4=Zanella, R., and |author5=Zanni, L. |title=Accelerating gradient projection methods for <math>\ell_1</math>-constrained signal recovery by steplength selection rules|journal=Applied & Comp. Harmonic Analysis|volume=27|issue=2|pages=247–254|year=2009|doi=10.1016/j.acha.2009.02.003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wright|first=S.J.|author2=Nowak, R.D. |author3=Figueiredo, M.A.T. |title=Sparse reconstruction by separable approximation|journal=IEEE Trans. Image Process.|year=2009|volume=57|issue=7|pages=2479–2493|doi=10.1109/TSP.2009.2016892}}</ref> Applications of these schemes<ref name=structSparse /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Loris|first=Ignace|title=On the performance of algorithms for the minimization of <math>\ell_1</math>-penalized functionals|journal=Inverse Problems|year=2009|volume=25|issue=3|doi=10.1088/0266-5611/25/3/035008}}</ref> suggest that these can offer substantial improvement in number of iterations required for fixed point convergence.