@article{theroleandrelationshipofinitializationan, title = {The Role and Relationship of Initialization and Densification in 3D Gaussian Splatting}, author = {Ivan Desiatov and Torsten Sattler}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2603.20714}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20714}, }