Sven: Singular Value Descent as a Computationally Efficient Natural Gradient Method

arXiv:2604.01279 · cs.LG, cs.AI, hep-th, math.OC · Submitted 2026-04-01 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, cs.AI, hep-th, math.OC

Submitted: 2026-04-01

Updated: 2026-10-05

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