@article{emergentlowranktrainingdynamicsinmlpswit,
  title = {Emergent Low-Rank Training Dynamics in MLPs with Smooth Activations},
  author = {Alec S. Xu and Can Yaras and Matthew Asato and Qing Qu and Laura Balzano},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2602.06208},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06208},
}