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KAN has 50 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 27 references, with 1 live disagreement.

50 facts·45 predicates·27 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:full name(2), rdf:type(2), is standard attention with learned kernel(1)

Maturity scale raw canonical shape-checked rule-derived certified

Full NamefullName

  • Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks[11]all time · Part 172
  • Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks[26]sourceall time · 172

Inbound mentions (26)

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involvesInvolves(2)

areCompetitiveWithAre Competitive With(1)

canBeReplacedByCan Be Replaced by(1)

comparesAgainstCompares Against(1)

comparesModelsCompares Models(1)

competitiveQualityCompetitive Quality(1)

currentlyIncludesCurrently Includes(1)

doesNotMerelyApproximateDoes Not Merely Approximate(1)

evaluatedAgainstEvaluated Against(1)

includesIncludes(1)

includesModelIncludes Model(1)

includesVisualizationOfIncludes Visualization of(1)

isReorganizingIs Reorganizing(1)

isTrainableIs Trainable(1)

matchesPplWithMatches Ppl With(1)

narrowsPerformanceGapToNarrows Performance Gap to(1)

presupposesExistenceOfPresupposes Existence of(1)

presupposesRelationToPresupposes Relation to(1)

proposesReplacementProposes Replacement(1)

recommendsKeepingRecommends Keeping(1)

referencesKansReferences Kans(1)

regularizesRegularizes(1)

runsModelVariantRuns Model Variant(1)

suggestsAlternativeSuggests Alternative(1)

superiorEfficiencySuperior Efficiency(1)

Other facts (45)

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45 facts
PredicateValueRef
Rdf:typeArchitecture[22]
Rdf:typeConcept[27]
Is Standard Attention With Learned Kerneltrue[1]
Outperforms Others in SpeedAll Modes[1]
Has Best Ppltrue[1]
Has Fastest Inferencetrue[1]
Has Ppl Score91.4[1]
Has Relative Decode Speed1.0x[1]
Is Fastest Modetrue[1]
Supports Cached DecodeE081b1e[1]
Best in Dual MetricsPpl and Speed[1]
Extends AttentionLearned Kernel[1]
Provides Full Kv Cache Efficiencytrue[1]
Achieves GainsKan Like Gains[2]
Works WellFindings[2]
Champion inPairwise Quadratic[2]
Has RolePairwise Quadratic Champion[2]
Has Quadratic Quality BaselineNear Quadratic[3]
Has Ppl91.3[3]
Superior to Othersnull[4]
Provides Primary Signalnull[4]
Works Bestnull[4]
Benchmark ReferenceTrue[5]
Serves As Performance Baselinenull[6]
Is Beating All ComersCurrently[7]
Serves As Baselinetrue[8]
Achieves Best Ppl32.1[9]
Uses Lohe Synctrue[10]
References Kolmogorov Arnold Networksnull[12]
Needs to Learn Meanings ofSimilarities[12]
Tested WithKuramoto[12]
Requires MatchingAttention Mechanism[13]
Updates CouplingSpline[14]
Alternative Architecturetrue[15]
ShiftsByte Positions[16]
Normalizes Qkper-head via L2[17]
Replaces Fixed Nonlinearitiestrue[18]
Is InterestingXenonfun[18]
Shares Philosophical DnaOscillator Approach[18]
Philosophically Aligned WithResonance Architecture[18]
Referenced in ResearchLatest Kan Research[19]
Learns Modulation SchemeNot Dictionary[20]
Is Mauritian Creole Term forCamp[21]
Role ofPairwise Quadratic Champion[23]
Performance StatusWorks Well[23]

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isStandardAttentionWithLearnedKernelblah/watt-activation/part-68
true
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outperformsOthersInSpeedblah/watt-activation/part-68
ex:all-modes
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hasBestPplblah/watt-activation/part-68
true
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hasFastestInferenceblah/watt-activation/part-68
true
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hasPplScoreblah/watt-activation/part-68
91.4
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hasRelativeDecodeSpeedblah/watt-activation/part-68
1.0x
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isFastestModeblah/watt-activation/part-68
true
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supportsCachedDecodeblah/watt-activation/part-68
ex:e081b1e
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bestInDualMetricsblah/watt-activation/part-68
ex:ppl-and-speed
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extendsAttentionblah/watt-activation/part-68
ex:learned-kernel
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providesFullKvCacheEfficiencyblah/watt-activation/part-68
true
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achievesGainsblah/watt-activation/part-70
ex:kan-like-gains
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worksWellblah/watt-activation/part-70
ex:findings
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championInblah/watt-activation/part-70
ex:pairwise-quadratic
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hasRoleblah/watt-activation/part-70
ex:pairwise-quadratic-champion
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hasQuadraticQualityBaselineblah/watt-activation/part-71
ex:near-quadratic
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hasPPLblah/watt-activation/part-71
91.3
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superiorToOthersblah/watt-activation/part-69
null
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providesPrimarySignalblah/watt-activation/part-69
null
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worksBestblah/watt-activation/part-69
null
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benchmarkReferenceblah/watt-activation/part-74
ex:true
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servesAsPerformanceBaselineblah/watt-activation/part-76
null
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isBeatingAllComersblah/watt-activation/part-64
ex:currently
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servesAsBaselineblah/watt-activation/part-75
true
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achievesBestPPLblah/watt-activation/part-72
32.1
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usesLoheSyncblah/watt-activation/part-118
true
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fullNameblah/watt-activation/part-172
Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks
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referencesKolmogorovArnoldNetworksblah/watt-activation/part-177
null
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needsToLearnMeaningsOfblah/watt-activation/part-177
ex:similarities
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testedWithblah/watt-activation/part-177
ex:kuramoto
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requiresMatchingblah/watt-activation/part-195
ex:attention-mechanism
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updatesCouplingblah/watt-activation/part-220
ex:spline
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alternativeArchitectureblah/watt-activation/part-390
true
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shiftsblah/watt-activation/part-418
ex:byte-positions
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normalizesQKblah/watt-activation/part-647
per-head via L2
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replacesFixedNonlinearitiesblah/watt-activation/part-174
true
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isInterestingblah/watt-activation/part-174
ex:xenonfun
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sharesPhilosophicalDnablah/watt-activation/part-174
ex:oscillator-approach
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philosophicallyAlignedWithblah/watt-activation/part-174
ex:resonance-architecture
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referencedInResearchblah/watt-activation/part-304
ex:latest-kan-research
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learnsModulationSchemeblah/watt-activation/part-416
ex:not-dictionary
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isMauritianCreoleTermForval-mauritius/wf7-16-truth-and-justice-commission-mauritius-final-report-vol
ex:camp
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typeblah/watt-activation/63
ex:Architecture
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labelblah/watt-activation/70
KAN
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roleOfblah/watt-activation/70
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performanceStatusblah/watt-activation/70
ex:works-well
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labelblah/watt-activation/74
KAN
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labelblah/watt-activation/118
KAN
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fullNameblah/watt-activation/172
Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks
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typeblah/watt-activation/490
ex:Concept

References (27)

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  1. [1]Part 6811 facts
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  2. [2]Part 704 facts
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  3. [3]Part 712 facts
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  5. [5]Part 741 fact
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  11. [11]Part 1721 fact
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  12. [12]Part 1773 facts
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  13. [13]Part 1951 fact
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  14. [14]Part 2201 fact
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  15. [15]Part 3901 fact
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  16. [16]Part 4181 fact
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  17. [17]Part 6471 fact
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  18. [18]Part 1744 facts
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  19. [19]Part 3041 fact
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  20. [20]Part 4161 fact
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  21. [21]Wf7 16 Truth and Justice Commission Mauritius Final Report Vol1 fact
    ctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf7-16-truth-and-justice-commission-mauritius-final-report-vol
  22. [22]631 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/63
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      [2026-03-07 15:30] xenonfun: ### no GPU contention run ``` Clean results at 5K iters: ┌───────────────────┬──────┬───────┬──────────┬───────────┬──────────┬───────┬─────────┐ │ Config │ it/s │ tok/s │ Avg Loss │ Final PPL …
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      [2026-03-07 17:06] xenonfun: 7. What I’d do next I’d narrow the agenda hard: keep KAN as the pairwise quadratic champion keep skip-dynamics as a “feature map without rollout” probe stop spending much time on vanilla Kuramoto at this siz…
  24. [24]741 fact
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      [2026-03-07 18:16] xenonfun: The loop formulation exactly matches the quadratic reference A_ij = Σ_a w_ia * w_ja. Now the user has sent a second message with an even better approach — the streaming prefix-state formulation using two eins…
  25. [25]1181 fact
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      [2026-03-08 23:43] xenonfun: Code Changes (3 important patterns) 1. Fused QKV projection in SpectralAttention - Separate q_proj, k_proj, v_proj → single qkv_proj = Linear(d_model, 3 * d_model). One matmul instead of three. We should po…
  26. [26]1721 fact
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      [2026-03-09 22:02] xenonfun: We run out of Claude at this rate on `Tuesday Mar 10, 4:13 PM` [2026-03-09 22:03] lisamegawatts: "This is a React/TypeScript application built with Vite that provides an interactive 3D visualization interface fo…
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      [2026-03-22 06:02] xenonfun: ✳ Creating GeometricCodec… (3m 52s · ↓ 3.0k tokens) ⎿  ◼ Phase 2: GeometricCodec — KAN byte↔sphere codec ◼ Phase 2: ThomsonHelmholtz dynamics block ◻ Phase 3: Backprop-free LoheOptimizer ◻ Phase…

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