@article{straighttozerowhylinearlydecayingthe, title = {Straight to Zero: Why Linearly Decaying the Learning Rate to Zero Works Best for LLMs}, author = {Shane Bergsma and Nolan Dey and Gurpreet Gosal and Gavia Gray and Daria Soboleva and Joel Hestness}, year = {2025}, eprint = {2502.15938}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15938v1}, }