What Makes an LLM a Good Optimizer? A Trajectory Analysis of LLM-Guided Evolutionary Search

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Main Authors:	Zhang, Xinhao, Chen, Xi, Portet, François, Peyrard, Maxime
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language Neural and Evolutionary Computing
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