ResearchResearch paperInterpretability · Training & Scaling · Efficiency & Inference1 source · Oct 20, 2026

When Parameter Gradient Flows Close in Representation Space

The represented gradient flow of a parameterized model depends on a mobility that can retain hidden parameter information.

Key points

  • We study when one entire represented mobility map works for every autonomous loss from one fixed initialization.
  • For two-factor matrix representations wider than both output dimensions, with individually full-row-rank factors, we classify all admissible joint ranks: closure occurs precisely at effective scalar-balanced minimal joint rank or a two-value signed spectral family at full joint rank.
  • For general representations with constant ambient representation and gradient-Lie ranks, ordinary closure is equivalent to a local invariant-level metric in the analytic case and specified smooth regimes.
  • We also separate testing families: linear losses locally admit closure at every submersion, whereas one fixed translated strongly convex quadratic family fails it on a delayed-bracket example.

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  • [1]When Parameter Gradient Flows Close in Representation Space
    arXiv (AI, ML, NLP, CV, robotics, multi-agent) · Oct 20, 01:43 AM
    The represented gradient flow of a parameterized model depends on a mobility that can retain hidden parameter information.
    We study when one entire represented mobility map works for every autonomous loss from one fixed initialization.

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