@article{operatorcalculusforpopulationbasedoptimi, title = {Operator Calculus for Population-Based Optimization: A Mean-Field Convergence Theory}, author = {Pekka Malo and Lauri Viitasaari and Patrik Nummi and Antti Suominen and Ankur Sinha and Olli Tahvonen}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.14289}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14289}, }