@article{smoothingthescorefunctionforgeneralizati, title = {Smoothing the Score Function for Generalization in Diffusion Models: An Optimization-based Explanation Framework}, author = {Xinyu Zhou and Jiawei Zhang and Stephen J. Wright}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2601.19285}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.19285}, }