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Interactions in Curved Statistical Manifolds

Source: Aguilera, M., Morales, P. A., Rosas, F. E., & Shimazaki, H. (2025). "Explosive neural networks via higher-order interactions in curved statistical manifolds." Nature Communications, 16, 61475. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61475-w

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