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Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

As of 12 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 13 of 13 outbound references and 8 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2505.18237.

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This paper cites • The question requires combining multiple knowledge points, hidden conditions, or assumptions.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens • The question requires combining multiple knowledge points, hidden conditions, or assumptions

Reference 1

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This paper cites • Multiple data sources, conditions, or assumptions must be synthesized to derive the final answer.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens • Multiple data sources, conditions, or assumptions must be synthesized to derive the final answer

Reference 2

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Observation 5f43b182-4c09-468d-b298-8e54379e6df8 · outbound

This paper cites • It involves recursive reasoning, mathematical induction, or constructing coun- terexamples.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens • It involves recursive reasoning, mathematical induction, or constructing coun- terexamples

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Observation 40b0f07a-8063-4199-a5bd-1ca1d4b92478 · outbound

This paper cites • There may be multiple valid approaches, requiring deep analysis and compari- son.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens • There may be multiple valid approaches, requiring deep analysis and compari- son

Reference 4

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Observation dcb51876-e7de-4165-911f-167b11e649f6 · outbound

This paper cites YES” (Deep Think Mode required)If the question meets at least 2 criteria, return “YES.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens YES” (Deep Think Mode required)If the question meets at least 2 criteria, return “YES

Reference 5

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Observation 3d59364f-a769-49b3-9b33-f05a416bb441 · outbound

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Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens Unresolved cited work

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Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens Unresolved cited work

Reference 11

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Observation 70bcf464-98f5-4fbf-8065-5b5e1abab75c · outbound

This paper cites C=(80.73,42) 6.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens C=(80.73,42) 6

Reference 12

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Observation 49cb3b14-328d-48db-86e9-3f25da70c0fc · outbound

This paper cites Alternatively, use vectors or mass point? Hmm.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens Alternatively, use vectors or mass point? Hmm

Reference 288

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This paper cites </think> To solve the problem, we start by noting the given lengths and the fact that the area of quadrilateral DEGF is 288.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens </think> To solve the problem, we start by noting the given lengths and the fact that the area of quadrilateral DEGF is 288

Reference 300

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This paper cites heptagon AFNBCEM.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens heptagon AFNBCEM

Reference 1176

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Observation 0cec5876-a447-4bc8-8657-eb147185ed84 · outbound

This paper cites s1: Simple test-time scaling.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens s1: Simple test-time scaling

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This paper cites BOLT: Bootstrap Long Chain-of-Thought in Language Models without Distillation.

Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens BOLT: Bootstrap Long Chain-of-Thought in Language Models without Distillation

Reference 2024

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Pith citing papers

Observation d9def7d2-39e0-45b5-8375-5c1c4b3596f2 · inbound

Towards Concise and Adaptive Thinking in Large Reasoning Models: A Survey cites this paper.

Towards Concise and Adaptive Thinking in Large Reasoning Models: A Survey Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 228

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Observation cf3c95cc-e97f-4dbc-94ac-d0b3be2cf2fa · inbound

Entropy After </Think> for reasoning model early exiting cites this paper.

Entropy After </Think> for reasoning model early exiting Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 22

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Observation 2c895563-1a3f-4550-99a1-99dccc5a77af · inbound

Dissecting Failure Dynamics in Large Language Model Reasoning cites this paper.

Dissecting Failure Dynamics in Large Language Model Reasoning Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 2

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Observation 9ce5eee0-cd0e-46c6-a1b0-fdb580cacf38 · inbound

LLMs Improving LLMs: Agentic Discovery for Test-Time Scaling cites this paper.

LLMs Improving LLMs: Agentic Discovery for Test-Time Scaling Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 33

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LLMs Improving LLMs: Agentic Discovery for Test-Time Scaling cites this paper.

LLMs Improving LLMs: Agentic Discovery for Test-Time Scaling Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 33

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Observation 7fb1f6ac-8b0b-4d72-b2bb-b06dc71eb593 · inbound

Know When To Fold 'Em: Token-Efficient LLM Synthetic Data Generation via Multi-Stage In-Flight Rejection cites this paper.

Know When To Fold 'Em: Token-Efficient LLM Synthetic Data Generation via Multi-Stage In-Flight Rejection Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 43

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Observation b40f21f8-d70a-42f2-89a0-cd0ca58b86dc · inbound

Small RL Controller, Large Language Model: RL-Guided Adaptive Sampling for Test-Time Scaling cites this paper.

Small RL Controller, Large Language Model: RL-Guided Adaptive Sampling for Test-Time Scaling Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 92

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Observation 5da8c6f7-ebdb-45ec-b65e-90eb5aad2289 · inbound

Is Your Model Thinking or Just Stagnating? PUMA: Diagnosing Reasoning Pathology via Phase-Momentum Alignment cites this paper.

Is Your Model Thinking or Just Stagnating? PUMA: Diagnosing Reasoning Pathology via Phase-Momentum Alignment Think or Not? Exploring Thinking Efficiency in Large Reasoning Models via an Information-Theoretic Lens

Reference 52

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