@article{flatnessandgradientalignmentarebothneces, title = {Flatness and Gradient Alignment Are Both Necessary: Spectral-Aware Gradient-Aligned Exploration for Multi-Distribution Learning}, author = {Aristotelis Ballas and Christos Diou}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.07914}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07914}, }