Transformers trained on local comparisons spontaneously form a rank-aligned one-dimensional embedding manifold that reproduces the symbolic distance effect.
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Emergent Ordinal Geometry in Transformers Trained on Local Comparisons
Transformers trained on local comparisons spontaneously form a rank-aligned one-dimensional embedding manifold that reproduces the symbolic distance effect.