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author Zhang, Kaiyan
Zuo, Yuxin
He, Bingxiang
Sun, Youbang
Liu, Runze
Jiang, Che
Fan, Yuchen
Tian, Kai
Jia, Guoli
Li, Pengfei
Fu, Yu
Lv, Xingtai
Zhang, Yuchen
Zeng, Sihang
Qu, Shang
Li, Haozhan
Wang, Shijie
Wang, Yuru
Long, Xinwei
Liu, Fangfu
Xu, Xiang
Ma, Jiaze
Zhu, Xuekai
Hua, Ermo
Liu, Yihao
Li, Zonglin
Chen, Huayu
Qu, Xiaoye
Li, Yafu
Chen, Weize
Yuan, Zhenzhao
Gao, Junqi
Li, Dong
Ma, Zhiyuan
Cui, Ganqu
Liu, Zhiyuan
Qi, Biqing
Ding, Ning
Zhou, Bowen
author_facet Zhang, Kaiyan
Zuo, Yuxin
He, Bingxiang
Sun, Youbang
Liu, Runze
Jiang, Che
Fan, Yuchen
Tian, Kai
Jia, Guoli
Li, Pengfei
Fu, Yu
Lv, Xingtai
Zhang, Yuchen
Zeng, Sihang
Qu, Shang
Li, Haozhan
Wang, Shijie
Wang, Yuru
Long, Xinwei
Liu, Fangfu
Xu, Xiang
Ma, Jiaze
Zhu, Xuekai
Hua, Ermo
Liu, Yihao
Li, Zonglin
Chen, Huayu
Qu, Xiaoye
Li, Yafu
Chen, Weize
Yuan, Zhenzhao
Gao, Junqi
Li, Dong
Ma, Zhiyuan
Cui, Ganqu
Liu, Zhiyuan
Qi, Biqing
Ding, Ning
Zhou, Bowen
contents In this paper, we survey recent advances in Reinforcement Learning (RL) for reasoning with Large Language Models (LLMs). RL has achieved remarkable success in advancing the frontier of LLM capabilities, particularly in addressing complex logical tasks such as mathematics and coding. As a result, RL has emerged as a foundational methodology for transforming LLMs into LRMs. With the rapid progress of the field, further scaling of RL for LRMs now faces foundational challenges not only in computational resources but also in algorithm design, training data, and infrastructure. To this end, it is timely to revisit the development of this domain, reassess its trajectory, and explore strategies to enhance the scalability of RL toward Artificial SuperIntelligence (ASI). In particular, we examine research applying RL to LLMs and LRMs for reasoning abilities, especially since the release of DeepSeek-R1, including foundational components, core problems, training resources, and downstream applications, to identify future opportunities and directions for this rapidly evolving area. We hope this review will promote future research on RL for broader reasoning models. Github: https://github.com/TsinghuaC3I/Awesome-RL-for-LRMs
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spellingShingle A Survey of Reinforcement Learning for Large Reasoning Models
Zhang, Kaiyan
Zuo, Yuxin
He, Bingxiang
Sun, Youbang
Liu, Runze
Jiang, Che
Fan, Yuchen
Tian, Kai
Jia, Guoli
Li, Pengfei
Fu, Yu
Lv, Xingtai
Zhang, Yuchen
Zeng, Sihang
Qu, Shang
Li, Haozhan
Wang, Shijie
Wang, Yuru
Long, Xinwei
Liu, Fangfu
Xu, Xiang
Ma, Jiaze
Zhu, Xuekai
Hua, Ermo
Liu, Yihao
Li, Zonglin
Chen, Huayu
Qu, Xiaoye
Li, Yafu
Chen, Weize
Yuan, Zhenzhao
Gao, Junqi
Li, Dong
Ma, Zhiyuan
Cui, Ganqu
Liu, Zhiyuan
Qi, Biqing
Ding, Ning
Zhou, Bowen
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
In this paper, we survey recent advances in Reinforcement Learning (RL) for reasoning with Large Language Models (LLMs). RL has achieved remarkable success in advancing the frontier of LLM capabilities, particularly in addressing complex logical tasks such as mathematics and coding. As a result, RL has emerged as a foundational methodology for transforming LLMs into LRMs. With the rapid progress of the field, further scaling of RL for LRMs now faces foundational challenges not only in computational resources but also in algorithm design, training data, and infrastructure. To this end, it is timely to revisit the development of this domain, reassess its trajectory, and explore strategies to enhance the scalability of RL toward Artificial SuperIntelligence (ASI). In particular, we examine research applying RL to LLMs and LRMs for reasoning abilities, especially since the release of DeepSeek-R1, including foundational components, core problems, training resources, and downstream applications, to identify future opportunities and directions for this rapidly evolving area. We hope this review will promote future research on RL for broader reasoning models. Github: https://github.com/TsinghuaC3I/Awesome-RL-for-LRMs
title A Survey of Reinforcement Learning for Large Reasoning Models
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08827