@article{thinkingtrapsinlongchainofthoughtameasur, title = {Thinking Traps in Long Chain-of-Thought: A Measurable Study and Trap-Aware Adaptive Restart}, author = {Kang Chen and Fan Yu and Junjie Nian and Shihan Zhao and Zhuoka Feng and Zijun Yao and Heng Wang and Minshen Yu and Yixin Cao}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2601.11940}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11940}, }