@article{thefinetuningtrapevaluatingnegativetrans, title = {The Fine-Tuning Trap: Evaluating Negative Transfer and the Role of PEFT in Sub-1B Mathematical Reasoning}, author = {Rahul Nair and Chun Tao}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.06920}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06920}, }