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+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const DistillationConfig = struct {
+    temperature: f32 = 4.0,
+    alpha: f32 = 0.7,
+    hard_label_weight: f32 = 0.3,
+};
+
+pub const DistillationLoss = struct {
+    config: DistillationConfig,
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, config: DistillationConfig) DistillationLoss {
+        return .{
+            .config = config,
+            .allocator = allocator,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn softTargetLoss(
+        self: *const DistillationLoss,
+        teacher_logits: []const f32,
+        student_logits: []const f32,
+    ) f32 {
+        std.debug.assert(teacher_logits.len == student_logits.len);
+        const t = self.config.temperature;
+
+        const teacher_probs = softmax(teacher_logits, t);
+        const student_log_probs = logSoftmax(student_logits, t);
+
+        var kl: f32 = 0.0;
+        for (teacher_probs, student_log_probs) |p, log_q| {
+            if (p > 1e-10) {
+                kl += p * (std.math.log2(p) - log_q / std.math.ln10);
+            }
+        }
+        return kl * t * t;
+    }
+
+    pub fn hardLabelLoss(
+        self: *const DistillationLoss,
+        student_logits: []const f32,
+        target: usize,
+    ) f32 {
+        const log_probs = logSoftmax(student_logits, 1.0);
+        return -log_probs[target];
+    }
+
+    pub fn combinedLoss(
+        self: *const DistillationLoss,
+        teacher_logits: []const f32,
+        student_logits: []const f32,
+        target: usize,
+    ) f32 {
+        const soft = self.softTargetLoss(teacher_logits, student_logits);
+        const hard = self.hardLabelLoss(student_logits, target);
+        return self.config.alpha * soft + self.config.hard_label_weight * hard;
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn softmax(logits: []const f32, temperature: f32) []f32 {
+    var max_val: f32 = -std.math.inf(f32);
+    for (logits) |l| max_val = @max(max_val, l / temperature);
+
+    var sum: f32 = 0.0;
+    var result = logits; // reuse for in-place
+    _ = &result;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+pub fn softmaxAlloc(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, logits: []const f32, temperature: f32) ![]f32 {
+    const probs = try allocator.alloc(f32, logits.len);
+
+    var max_val: f32 = -std.math.inf(f32);
+    for (logits) |l| max_val = @max(max_val, l / temperature);
+
+    var sum: f32 = 0.0;
+    for (probs, logits) |*p, l| {
+        const exp_val = std.math.exp(l / temperature - max_val);
+        p.* = exp_val;
+        sum += exp_val;
+    }
+
+    for (probs) |*p| p.* /= @max(sum, 1e-10);
+
+    return probs;
+}
+
+pub fn logSoftmax(logits: []const f32, temperature: f32) []f32 {
+    var max_val: f32 = -std.math.inf(f32);
+    for (logits) |l| max_val = @max(max_val, l / temperature);
+
+    var sum: f32 = 0.0;
+    for (logits) |l| {
+        sum += std.math.exp(l / temperature - max_val);
+    }
+
+    const log_sum = std.math.log(sum) + max_val;
+    var result: []f32 = undefined;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+pub fn logSoftmaxAlloc(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, logits: []const f32, temperature: f32) ![]f32 {
+    const result = try allocator.alloc(f32, logits.len);
+
+    var max_val: f32 = -std.math.inf(f32);
+    for (logits) |l| max_val = @max(max_val, l / temperature);
+
+    var sum: f32 = 0.0;
+    for (logits) |l| {
+        sum += std.math.exp(l / temperature - max_val);
+    }
+
+    const log_sum = std.math.log(@max(sum, 1e-10)) + max_val;
+    for (result, logits) |*r, l| {
+        r.* = l / temperature - log_sum;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+pub const TeacherStudent = struct {
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    teacher_logits: []f32,
+    student_logits: []f32,
+    config: DistillationConfig,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, vocab_size: usize, config: DistillationConfig) !TeacherStudent {
+        return .{
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .teacher_logits = try allocator.alloc(f32, vocab_size),
+            .student_logits = try allocator.alloc(f32, vocab_size),
+            .config = config,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *TeacherStudent) void {
+        self.allocator.free(self.teacher_logits);
+        self.allocator.free(self.student_logits);
+    }
+
+    pub fn computeLoss(self: *TeacherStudent, target: usize) !f32 {
+        const dl = DistillationLoss.init(self.allocator, self.config);
+        return dl.combinedLoss(self.teacher_logits, self.student_logits, target);
+    }
+};
+
+test "softmax produces valid probabilities" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const logits = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 };
+    const probs = try softmaxAlloc(allocator, &logits, 1.0);
+    defer allocator.free(probs);
+
+    var sum: f32 = 0;
+    for (probs) |p| {
+        try std.testing.expect(p >= 0);
+        try std.testing.expect(p <= 1);
+        sum += p;
+    }
+    try std.testing.expectApproxEqAbs(@as(f32, 1.0), sum, 1e-5);
+}
+
+test "log softmax values" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const logits = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 };
+    const log_probs = try logSoftmaxAlloc(allocator, &logits, 1.0);
+    defer allocator.free(log_probs);
+
+    for (log_probs) |lp| {
+        try std.testing.expect(lp <= 0);
+    }
+}
+
+test "distillation soft target loss" {
+    const dl = DistillationLoss.init(std.testing.allocator, .{ .temperature = 2.0 });
+
+    const teacher = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 };
+    const student = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 };
+
+    const loss = dl.softTargetLoss(&teacher, &student);
+    try std.testing.expect(loss >= 0);
+    try std.testing.expect(loss < 0.01);
+}
+
+test "distillation hard label loss" {
+    const dl = DistillationLoss.init(std.testing.allocator, .{});
+
+    const student = [_]f32{ 0.1, 2.0, 0.5 };
+    const loss = dl.hardLabelLoss(&student, 1);
+    try std.testing.expect(loss > 0);
+}
+
+test "combined loss is weighted sum" {
+    const dl = DistillationLoss.init(std.testing.allocator, .{ .alpha = 0.5, .hard_label_weight = 0.5 });
+
+    const teacher = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 };
+    const student = [_]f32{ 0.5, 2.5, 2.0 };
+
+    const combined = dl.combinedLoss(&teacher, &student, 1);
+    try std.testing.expect(combined > 0);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.math.isFinite(combined));
+}
+
+test "teacher-student wrapper" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    var ts = try TeacherStudent.init(allocator, 10, .{});
+    defer ts.deinit();
+
+    for (ts.teacher_logits, 0..) |*l, i| l.* = @floatFromInt(i);
+    for (ts.student_logits, 0..) |*l, i| l.* = @floatFromInt(i) * 0.5;
+
+    const loss = try ts.computeLoss(5);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.math.isFinite(loss));
+}