Eigenvalues of the Hessian in Deep Learning: The Origin of Symmetry and Its Breaking
A symmetry-breaking account explains clustered Hessian spectra in trained deep networks, including ReLU, CNN, graph, and transformer models.
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A symmetry-breaking account explains clustered Hessian spectra in trained deep networks, including ReLU, CNN, graph, and transformer models.
Paper derives a spectral theory showing weight decay drives NTK feature learning that controls grokking timescale and phase structure.
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