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On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

As of 9 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 0 of 0 outbound references and 11 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2009.11264.

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A Theoretical Study of (Hyper) Self-Attention through the Lens of Interactions: Representation, Training, Generalization cites this paper.

A Theoretical Study of (Hyper) Self-Attention through the Lens of Interactions: Representation, Training, Generalization On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 6

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The Serial Scaling Hypothesis cites this paper.

The Serial Scaling Hypothesis On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 9

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Rethinking Memorization Measures and their Implications in Large Language Models cites this paper.

Rethinking Memorization Measures and their Implications in Large Language Models On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 30

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Unraveling Syntax: Language Modeling and the Substructure of Grammars cites this paper.

Unraveling Syntax: Language Modeling and the Substructure of Grammars On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

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On the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Generalization in Neural Networks cites this paper.

On the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Generalization in Neural Networks On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 4

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Observation db23f789-554a-4cc7-93fc-b1259d528b80 · inbound

Learning State-Tracking from Code Using Linear RNNs cites this paper.

Learning State-Tracking from Code Using Linear RNNs On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 1

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Learning State-Tracking from Code Using Linear RNNs cites this paper.

Learning State-Tracking from Code Using Linear RNNs On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 1994

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On the Mirage of Long-Range Dependency, with an Application to Integer Multiplication cites this paper.

On the Mirage of Long-Range Dependency, with an Application to Integer Multiplication On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 7

Resolution: verified exact; arxiv_id, observed 2026-05-14T21:07:57.702500Z

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Observation 02298bea-87d6-40ba-a214-9a2d131ac81b · inbound

On the Emergence of Syntax by Means of Local Interaction cites this paper.

On the Emergence of Syntax by Means of Local Interaction On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 26

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Observation 56b2d891-a49d-4267-bb0e-af1b31ef31e7 · inbound

Looped Transformers with Layer Normalization Provably Learn the Power Method cites this paper.

Looped Transformers with Layer Normalization Provably Learn the Power Method On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 72

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Observation 3a10fe2c-bacc-4f55-b82d-0b90134bca24 · inbound

When Does Reward Teach State? A Hidden-Automaton Instrument and the Group-Language Boundary cites this paper.

When Does Reward Teach State? A Hidden-Automaton Instrument and the Group-Language Boundary On the Ability and Limitations of Transformers to Recognize Formal Languages

Reference 22

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