Beyond Client Averaging: A Client-Independent Second-Order Stationary-Bias Component in Stochastic SCAFFOLD

arXiv:2608.26765 · cs.LG, math.ST, stat.TH · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, math.ST, stat.TH

Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

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