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Muon optimizer spectral shaping analysis reveals low-dimensional benefits

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Researchers have investigated the necessity of fine-grained spectral shaping for the Muon optimizer, which combines current and past gradients using matrix momentum. Through spectral diagnostics, they found that a significant portion of singular modes lie below an estimated noise edge but collectively align positively with a reference gradient. The study introduces BulkBoost, a two-band spectral reweighting framework, which demonstrates competitive performance against existing methods and outperforms Muon's standard flat profile by reducing final loss. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Meher Chaitanya, Tianyi Zhou, Aristides Gionis ·

    Does Muon Need Fine-Grained Spectral Shaping?

    arXiv:2610.07497v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Muon combines current and past gradients into matrix momentum. For $M=U\Sigma V^\top$, the idealized polar update $Q=UV^\top$ gives every singular direction the same weight. We refer to this as the flat profile. Several recent optim…

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