@article{contextstaircasesignaturealigneddynamics,
  title = {Context Staircase: Signature-Aligned Dynamics of Token Embeddings under Small Initialization},
  author = {Junjie Yao and Liangkai Hang and Zhi-Qin John Xu},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2608.30315},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30315},
}