@article{samplesmartnothardcorrectnessfirstdecodi, title = {Sample Smart, Not Hard: Correctness-First Decoding for Better Reasoning in LLMs}, author = {Xueyan Li and Guinan Su and Mrinmaya Sachan and Jonas Geiping}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2510.05987}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05987}, }