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Main Authors: Yang, Andy, Watson, Christopher, Xue, Anton, Bhattamishra, Satwik, Llarena, Jose, Merrill, William, Ferreira, Emile Dos Santos, Svete, Anej, Chiang, David
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00368
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  • We present the transformer cookbook: a collection of techniques for directly encoding algorithms into a transformer's parameters. This work addresses the steep learning curve of such endeavors, a problem exacerbated by a fragmented literature where key results are scattered across numerous papers. In particular, we synthesize this disparate body of findings into a curated set of recipes that demonstrate how to implement everything from basic arithmetic in feed-forward layers to complex data routing via self-attention. Our mise en place of formulations is for both newcomers seeking an accessible entry point and experts in need of a systematic reference. This unified presentation of transformer constructions provides a foundation for future work spanning theoretical research in computational complexity to empirical investigations in architecture design and interpretability.