Modern text encoders resist second-order collapse under mean pooling because token embeddings concentrate tightly within texts, and this resistance correlates with stronger downstream performance.
Across all model pairs, fine-tuned text encoders tend to exhibit smalld Σ values
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Why Mean Pooling Works: Quantifying Second-Order Collapse in Text Embeddings
Modern text encoders resist second-order collapse under mean pooling because token embeddings concentrate tightly within texts, and this resistance correlates with stronger downstream performance.