@article{whattokeepwhattoforgetaratedistortionvie,
  title = {What to Keep, What to Forget: A Rate--Distortion View of Memory Compaction in LLMs and Agents},
  author = {Ashwin Gerard Colaco and Nada Lahjouji},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2607.08032},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.08032},
}