What RL Brings to Reasoning: A Few Decisions the Base Model Would Not Make

cs.CL, cs.LG

Submitted: 2026-10-17

Updated: 2026-10-17

Comments: 26 Pages, 8 figures Code: https://github.com/CyrusZhang04/WhatRLBrings

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

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