{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7161007305","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","title":"A Theory of Time-Sensitive Language Generation: Sparse Hallucination Beats Mode Collapse","display_name":"A Theory of Time-Sensitive Language Generation: Sparse Hallucination Beats Mode Collapse","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7161007305","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015306058","display_name":"Atul Ganju","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ganju, Atul","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5136042321","display_name":"Travis McVoy","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"McVoy, Travis","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001275905","display_name":"Shaddin Dughmi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2784-1868"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dughmi, Shaddin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102005063","display_name":"Shang\u2010Hua Teng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-4514"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Teng, Shang-Hua","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12072","display_name":"Machine Learning and Algorithms","score":0.1678999960422516,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12072","display_name":"Machine Learning and Algorithms","score":0.1678999960422516,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10028","display_name":"Topic Modeling","score":0.14069999754428864,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12002","display_name":"Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms","score":0.11509999632835388,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/impossibility","display_name":"Impossibility","score":0.8378000259399414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/limit","display_name":"Limit (mathematics)","score":0.6323999762535095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rank","display_name":"Rank (graph theory)","score":0.4643000066280365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/string","display_name":"String (physics)","score":0.46219998598098755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mode","display_name":"Mode (computer interface)","score":0.46160000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/function","display_name":"Function (biology)","score":0.4602000117301941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/preference","display_name":"Preference","score":0.45590001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relaxation","display_name":"Relaxation (psychology)","score":0.42579999566078186}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776261394","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315562","display_name":"Impossibility","level":2,"score":0.8378000259399414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151201525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177239","display_name":"Limit (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.6323999762535095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.49410000443458557},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164226766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7293202","display_name":"Rank (graph theory)","level":2,"score":0.4643000066280365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157486923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376436","display_name":"String (physics)","level":2,"score":0.46219998598098755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48677424","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6888088","display_name":"Mode (computer interface)","level":2,"score":0.46160000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4602000117301941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781249084","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908656","display_name":"Preference","level":2,"score":0.45590001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144237770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534","display_name":"Mathematical economics","level":1,"score":0.45419999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776029896","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3935810","display_name":"Relaxation (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.42579999566078186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195324797","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33742","display_name":"Natural language","level":2,"score":0.41339999437332153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2911011789","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130741","display_name":"Hallucinating","level":2,"score":0.40939998626708984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776187449","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513879","display_name":"Natural language generation","level":3,"score":0.3937999904155731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776608160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4785462","display_name":"Natural (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.3779999911785126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.35910001397132874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189950617","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937228","display_name":"Property (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.35749998688697815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.35339999198913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137293760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3621696","display_name":"Language model","level":2,"score":0.3264999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197055811","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207522","display_name":"Probability density function","level":2,"score":0.3215000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.3116999864578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777686260","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144037","display_name":"Calculus (dental)","level":2,"score":0.2989000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776639384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840396","display_name":"Ideal (ethics)","level":2,"score":0.28760001063346863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.2619999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139676723","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193832","display_name":"Sign (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2531000077724457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17020691","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139677","display_name":"Operator (biology)","level":5,"score":0.25279998779296875}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11302","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,106,169],"study":[1],"language":[2,72],"generation":[3,110,179],"in":[4,23,69,84,90,113],"the":[5,70,74,122,133],"limit":[6],"under":[7],"a":[8,54,62,66,87,114,139],"global":[9],"preference":[10],"ordering":[11],"on":[12],"strings,":[13],"as":[14],"introduced":[15],"by":[16,61,76,175],"Kleinberg":[17],"and":[18,183],"Wei.":[19],"As":[20],"is":[21,45,51,59,83,111,131,173],"done":[22],"previous":[24],"work,":[25],"we":[26,146,149,157],"aim":[27],"for":[28,117],"breadth,":[29],"but":[30],"impose":[31],"an":[32],"additional":[33],"requirement":[34],"of":[35,124,137],"timeliness:":[36],"higher-ranked":[37],"strings":[38],"should":[39],"be":[40,80],"generated":[41,52],"earlier.":[42],"A":[43],"string":[44],"then":[46],"only":[47],"credited":[48],"if":[49],"it":[50,78],"before":[53],"deadline,":[55],"where":[56,93],"its":[57],"deadline":[58,167],"defined":[60],"function":[63],"that":[64,108,142,148],"maps":[65],"string's":[67],"rank":[68],"target":[71],"to":[73,164],"time":[75],"which":[77],"must":[79],"produced.":[81],"This":[82],"keeping":[85],"with":[86,162,180],"central":[88],"consideration":[89],"machine":[91],"learning,":[92],"inductive":[94],"bias":[95],"favors":[96],"``simpler''":[97],"or":[98],"``more":[99],"plausible''":[100],"outputs,":[101],"all":[102],"else":[103],"being":[104],"equal.":[105],"show":[107,147,171],"timely":[109,178],"impossible":[112],"strong":[115],"sense":[116],"eventually":[118],"consistent":[119],"generators":[120],"--":[121],"protagonists":[123],"most":[125],"prior":[126],"related":[127],"work.":[128],"Under":[129],"what":[130],"perhaps":[132],"mildest":[134],"natural":[135],"relaxation":[136],"consistency,":[138],"hallucination":[140,185],"rate":[141],"vanishes":[143],"over":[144],"time,":[145],"can":[150,158],"circumvent":[151],"our":[152],"impossibility":[153],"result.":[154],"In":[155],"particular,":[156],"achieve":[159],"optimal":[160],"density":[161],"respect":[163],"any":[165],"superlinear":[166],"function.":[168],"also":[170],"this":[172],"tight":[174],"ruling":[176],"out":[177],"linear":[181],"deadlines":[182],"vanishing":[184],"rate.":[186]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-01T06:00:48.157686","created_date":"2026-05-14T00:00:00"}