@article{optimalunconstrainedselfdistillationinri,
  title = {Optimal Unconstrained Self-Distillation in Ridge Regression: Strict Improvements, Precise Asymptotics, and One-Shot Tuning},
  author = {Hien Dang and Pratik Patil and Alessandro Rinaldo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2602.17565},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17565},
}