Memory Augmentation Unlocks Efficient Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

arXiv:2608.21265 · cs.CL · Submitted 2026-08-21 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-21

Updated: 2026-08-26

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Chain-of-Thought (CoT) — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Chain-of-Thought (CoT) Reasoning — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Decode — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Memory Augmentation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Reasoning Traces — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Training-Free Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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