Why it matters

Variance maintenance shapes stability. Understanding shapes design.

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The architecture

Init preserves fan-in variance.

Norm resets.

Residual doesn't accumulate.

Variance maintenance leversInitpreserve fan-inNorm resetsunit varianceResidual manageno accumulationSignal Propagation Theory quantifies; guides init + architecture choices
Variance maintenance.
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How it works end to end

Signal Propagation Theory (SPT).

Isometric init.

Norm placement.

Residual scaling.