Sparse Attention as Compact Kernel Regression

arXiv:2601.22766 · cs.LG · Submitted 2026-01-30 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG

Submitted: 2026-01-30

Updated: 2026-10-27

Terminology

• Sparse Attention — 4× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Attention Mechanism — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Transformer — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Transformers — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Associative Memory — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Generalization — 1× in this paper · explained in 14 episodes
• In-Context Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Sparsity — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

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