arXiv AI By Ayoub Ghriss, Sourav Chakraborty

Kernelized Linear Attention: Breaking the Capacity Wall with Symmetric Cones

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arXiv:2607. 17419v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Linear attention promises constant-time recurrent inference but degrades sharply on associative recall.

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