@article{steeringdiffusionmodelswithquadraticrewa, title = {Steering diffusion models with quadratic rewards: a fine-grained analysis}, author = {Ankur Moitra and Andrej Risteski and Dhruv Rohatgi}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2602.16570}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16570}, }