A Boundary-Layer Mechanism for One-Third Scaling in Online Softmax Classification

arXiv:2605.22341 · cs.LG, cond-mat.dis-nn · Submitted 2026-05-21 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, cond-mat.dis-nn

Submitted: 2026-05-21

Updated: 2026-10-20

Comments: 32 pages, 11 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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