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arXiv:2504.16450v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We derive a differential equation that governs the evolution of the generalization gap when a model is trained by gradient descent-based methods. T...
arXiv:2511. 01938v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Grokking is a puzzling phenomenon in neural networks where full generalization occurs only after a substantial delay following the complete memorization of the training data.
arXiv:2602.08302v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Delayed generalization, where training accuracy becomes nearly perfect substantially before test accuracy, has often been studied in the cont...
The paper investigates whether flatter loss landscapes drive better generalization in the context of Grokking. It shows that sharpness‑aware minimization (SAM) alone does not reliably induce the transition to generalization, but when combined with weight decay, SAM can accelerate this transition up to four times faster. The authors provide a theoretical analysis using a minimal two‑layer ReLU model, demonstrating that flatness alone cannot distinguish memorizing from generalizing solutions, while weight decay favors generalization and a local stability window explains SAM’s effect.
The paper presents a near-complete, nonasymptotic generalization theory for multilayer neural networks using path regularization, applicable to broad Lipschitz loss functions without requiring bounded loss or extreme network hyperparameters. It provides an explicit upper bound that addresses approximation rates in generalized Barron spaces and demonstrates the double descent phenomenon for ReLU networks. The authors claim near-minimax optimality for regression problems and plan to establish matching lower bounds in future work.
arXiv:2505. 22578v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The optimization of neural networks under weight decay remains poorly understood from a theoretical standpoint.