@article{earlyquantizationshrinkscodebookasimplef,
  title = {Early Quantization Shrinks Codebook: A Simple Fix for Diversity-Preserving Tokenization},
  author = {Wenhao Zhao and Qiran Zou and Rushi Shah and Yudi Wu and Zhouhan Lin and Dianbo Liu},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2603.17052},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17052},
}