mHC: Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections research paper by DeepSeek, 2025
DeepSeek · Training and scaling · Dec 31, 2025 · 108 citations · 334 upvotes · unverified
What it shows
Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (mHC) stabilize and scale residual connection architectures by restoring identity mapping properties through manifold projection and infrastructure optimization.
By Zhenda Xie, Yixuan Wei, Huanqi Cao and 16 more · arXiv 2512.24880 · PDF
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- 108, 23 influential · Semantic Scholar
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