Merge pull request #195 from igerber/feature/trop-global-method-1w-masking

Add (1-W) weight masking to TROP global method

Author: igerber

.gitignore

@@ -87,3 +87,6 @@ trop_avg_ref/
 
 # Academic papers (local only, not for distribution)
 papers/
+
+# Local analysis notebooks (not committed)
+analysis/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+- **BREAKING: TROP nuclear norm solver step size fix** — The proximal gradient
+  threshold for the L matrix (both `method="global"` and `method="twostep"` with
+  finite `lambda_nn`) was over-shrinking singular values by a factor of 2. The
+  soft-thresholding threshold was λ_nn/max(δ) when the correct value is
+  λ_nn/(2·max(δ)), derived from the Lipschitz constant L_f=2·max(δ) of the
+  quadratic gradient. This fix produces higher-rank L matrices and closer
+  agreement with exact convex optimization solutions. Users with finite
+  `lambda_nn` will observe different ATT estimates. Added FISTA/Nesterov
+  acceleration to the twostep inner solver for faster L convergence.
+
 ## [2.6.1] - 2026-03-08
 
 ### Added