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the learning rate of word_language_model

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#757 opened on Apr 22, 2020

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Hi, I have a question about the learning rate in the example "word_language_model", the init lr = 20, which seems very large, can you tell me why lr is set to equal 20? Thanks a lot! If you have some advices about improving the performance, please let me know and thanks

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Investigate the learning rate setting in the word language model example (likely in main.py or similar). Review any comments in the code and documentation. Consider writing a small experiment to show the effect of different learning rates. Provide a clear explanation with references to PyTorch documentation.
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