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Use when revising a COLT (Conference on Learning Theory) paper for theorem-first exposition — formal setup before results, informal-then-formal theorem statements, proof overviews that sell the technique, quantifier and constant hygiene, and fitting the argument's spine into 12 PMLR-formatted pages.

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# COLT Writing Style

Use this when revising prose and mathematics for COLT. The style target is a paper a
learning theorist can referee efficiently: the model is unambiguous by page 3, the
main theorem is quotable in one breath, and the proof overview convinces the reader
the technique is new before the appendix is opened.

## The COLT first-pages arc

1. **Problem in the field's own vocabulary** — regret, sample complexity, minimax
   risk, oracle complexity, mistake bound — within the first paragraphs.
2. **What was known**: the best prior upper and lower bounds, with citations, ideally
   as an inline mini-table when three or more results interact.
3. **The new result, informally**: "we close this gap up to log factors" /
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