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[WIP] Fix DenseLayer to improve training accuracy on MNIST
Fix DenseLayer backpropagation to use gradient delta instead of raw error
Feb 1, 2026
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Fix DenseLayer backpropagation to use gradient delta instead of raw error
Fix DenseLayer backpropagation and MNIST download reliability
Feb 1, 2026
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Neural network fails to learn on MNIST (~10% accuracy = random guessing) and file downloads intermittently corrupt.
Backpropagation Fix
DenseLayer.backpropagate()was propagating raw error instead of the computed gradient delta:The
gradalready incorporateserror × activation_derivative— the signal that must flow through the weight matrix to the previous layer.Download Fix
downloadFile()usedFiles.copy()with an unbuffered URL stream, causing truncated GZIP files andEOFException.StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTINGOriginal prompt
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