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# Modular Arithmetic SoRL β Experiment Notes
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Generated: 2026-04-23
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## Architecture Sweep Results
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### Goal
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Test whether SoRL stabilizes grokking on modular arithmetic (mod 113).
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Baselines grok but immediately un-grok (classic instability). Does SoRL hold it?
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### Results Summary
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| Model | Mode | Best Acc | Final Acc | Notes |
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|--------------------|----------|----------|-----------|------------------------------|
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| 1L/1H/32d | baseline | 100% | 6.5% | Grokked epoch 2800, crashed |
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| 1L/2H/64d | baseline | 65% | 14% | Partial, unstable |
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| 1L/1H/128d | baseline | 100% | 30% | Grokked, then un-grokked |
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| 1L/4H/64d | SoRL | 100% | **100%** | Stable β |
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| 1L/4H/128d | SoRL | 100% | **100%** | Stable β (4400 epochs) |
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| 1L/1H/32d | SoRL | ~TBD | ~TBD | Interrupted |
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### Key Finding
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SoRL stabilizes grokking. Baselines find the solution and lose it; SoRL locks it in.
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This mirrors the arithmetic interpretability finding: SoRL externalizes the mechanism,
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making it robust to the weight updates that cause baseline un-grokking.
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### Architecture
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- Task: (a + b) mod 113, p=113, all 12769 pairs, 30% train (seed=42)
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- Qwen3-based SorlModelWrapper, trained from scratch
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- abs_vocab=30, K=1, alpha_info_gain=10, alpha_abs=0.1, alpha_soft_zipf=1.0
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- Full-batch training (batch_size=0), weight_decay=1.0
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### Fourier Analysis (Experiment 11)
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Negative result: abstract tokens do NOT encode Fourier structure in 1L/4H/128d model.
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DC component completely dominates (non-DC ratio ~0.01 for all groupings).
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Hypothesis: model has sufficient internal capacity β abstract tokens redundant.
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Undersized model sweep was the follow-up to test capacity hypothesis.
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### SoRL Training Bug (Fixed)
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Original modular train.py had three bugs vs trainer_ablate.py:
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1. btl not detached β gradient through -10*btl taught model to forget baseline
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2. btl not added to total loss β no SFT anchor
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3. sorl_search not wrapped in torch.no_grad() β memory/gradient instability
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Fixed by matching trainer_ablate.py pattern exactly.
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### Files
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- modular/code/train.py β training script (baseline + SoRL)
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- modular/code/sweep_undersized.txt β architecture sweep jobs
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- modular/code/fourier_analysis.py β Fourier analysis script (experiment 11)
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- modular/<run_name>/ β per-run: history.json, curves.png, config.json, best/, final/
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