@article{sparseattentionascompactkernelregression,
  title = {Sparse Attention as Compact Kernel Regression},
  author = {Saul Santos and Nuno Gonçalves and Daniel C. McNamee and Marcos Treviso and André F. T Martins},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2601.22766},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22766},
}