Benign Loss Landscapes Can Coexist with Worst-Case Hardness

arXiv:2609.13057 · cs.LG, stat.ML · Submitted 2026-09-11 · Read on arXiv

cs.LG, stat.ML

Submitted: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-11

Comments: 46 pages, 4 figures

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

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