@misc{lit_2602_08783,
  title = { {Dynamics Within Latent Chain-of-Thought: An Empirical Study of Causal Structure} },
  author = {Zirui Li and Xuefeng Bai and Kehai Chen and Yizhi Li and Jian Yang and Chenghua Lin and Min Zhang},
  year = {2026},
  note = {arXiv preprint},
  eprint = {2602.08783},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08783}
}