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Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model

As of 18 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 12 of 12 outbound references and 1 inbound Pith citation observation for arXiv:2507.04206.

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This paper cites MiniCPM: Unveiling the Potential of Small Language Models with Scalable Training Strategies.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model MiniCPM: Unveiling the Potential of Small Language Models with Scalable Training Strategies

Reference 1

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This paper cites Understanding Warmup-Stable-Decay Learning Rates: A River Valley Loss Landscape Perspective.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Understanding Warmup-Stable-Decay Learning Rates: A River Valley Loss Landscape Perspective

Reference 2

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This paper cites FOCUS: First Order Concentrated Updating Scheme.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model FOCUS: First Order Concentrated Updating Scheme

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This paper cites Neural Thermodynamic Laws for Large Language Model Training.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Neural Thermodynamic Laws for Large Language Model Training

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Observation 8cff97b3-c0e2-4bb3-9cb2-190188754944 · outbound

This paper cites Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of the markovian mpemba effect and its inverse.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of the markovian mpemba effect and its inverse

Reference 5

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This paper cites Mpemba index and anomalous relaxation.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Mpemba index and anomalous relaxation

Reference 6

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Observation c7c9f9b5-f3a5-4cc0-8977-b2f191fee7c4 · outbound

This paper cites Speedups in nonequilibrium thermal relaxation: Mpemba and related effects.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Speedups in nonequilibrium thermal relaxation: Mpemba and related effects

Reference 7

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This paper cites Precooling strategy allows exponentially faster heating.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Precooling strategy allows exponentially faster heating

Reference 8

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This paper cites Shortcuts of freely relaxing systems using equilibrium physical observables.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Shortcuts of freely relaxing systems using equilibrium physical observables

Reference 9

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Observation af8d4fb4-6ceb-48bc-9cd6-5e16548c12ca · outbound

This paper cites Stochastic gradient descent introduces an effective landscape-dependent regularization favoring flat solutions.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Stochastic gradient descent introduces an effective landscape-dependent regularization favoring flat solutions

Reference 10

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Observation e64ce85d-9390-418e-9228-5598d797d7cc · outbound

This paper cites Analyzing & reducing the need for learning rate warmup in gpt training.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model Analyzing & reducing the need for learning rate warmup in gpt training

Reference 11

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Observation 15a7b24f-10fe-45ba-b736-8e028fc9f911 · outbound

This paper cites temperature.

Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model temperature

Reference 12

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Observation 5519170b-8034-4edf-8eb0-c05edc37795f · inbound

WSqD: A Horizon-Free Learning Rate Schedule for Large Model Training cites this paper.

WSqD: A Horizon-Free Learning Rate Schedule for Large Model Training Mpemba Effect in Large-Language Model Training Dynamics: A Minimal Analysis of the Valley-River model

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