FLLGApr 29, 2025

Partial Answer of How Transformers Learn Automata

arXiv:2504.20395v2
Originality Incremental advance
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This addresses a foundational problem in understanding how Transformers learn computational structures, though it appears incremental in method.

The paper tackles the problem of simulating finite automata with Transformers by introducing a framework using representation-theoretic semidirect products and Fourier modules, achieving more efficient implementations.

We introduce a novel framework for simulating finite automata using representation-theoretic semidirect products and Fourier modules, achieving more efficient Transformer-based implementations.

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