@article{spectralflatteningisallmuonneedshowortho, title = {Spectral Flattening Is All Muon Needs: How Orthogonalization Controls Learning Rate and Convergence}, author = {Tien-Phat Nguyen and Truong Nguyen and Minh-Phuc Truong and Tuc Nguyen and James Bailey and Trung Le}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.13079}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13079}, }