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Ghosts of Softmax: Zeros of the partition function explain training instability
- g4omingron 8mo agoAuthor here. The short version: softmax's partition function has complex zeros — from e^{iπ}+1=0 — that are invisible on the real line but cap safe step sizes at ρₐ = π/Δₐ. One JVP to compute. The repo has Colab notebooks if you want to poke at it. Happy to answer questions. Full paper https://arxiv.org/html/2603.13552v1 https://arxiv.org/html/2603.13552v1
- yorwba 8mo agoNice work! The paper feels verbose at times and could use some editing to slim it down (also, equation 6 is just equation 5 in a box) but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless.
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- mathvoyager 8mo agoHow does it differ from traditional "small step good, big step bad" literature?