@article{expandmoreshrinklessshapingeffectiverank, title = {Expand More, Shrink Less: Shaping Effective-Rank Dynamics for Dense Scaling in Recommendation}, author = {Guoming Li and Shangyu Zhang and Junwei Pan and Wentao Ning and Jin Chen and Gengsheng Xue and Chao Zhou and Shudong Huang and Haijie Gu and Menglin Yang}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.23191}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.23191}, }