@article{alayerseparationoptimizationframeworkfor,
  title = {A Layer Separation Optimization Framework for Cross-Entropy Training in Deep Learning},
  author = {Yaru Liu and Michael K. Ng and Yiqi Gu},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.23225},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23225},
}