# Scaling Laws Intuition: Kaplan, Chinchilla, Post-Chinchilla — Mathematical Planning of LLM Training

> Source: https://sukruyusufkaya.com/en/learn/llm-muhendisligi/scaling-laws-kaplan-chinchilla-post-chinchilla
> Updated: 2026-05-13T13:00:25.002Z
> Category: LLM Mühendisliği
> Module: Module 4: The Mental Model of LLMs
**TLDR:** Complete analysis of the mathematical foundations of LLM training: Kaplan 2020 power laws, Chinchilla 2022 compute-optimal theorem, post-Chinchilla over-training (Llama 3 approach), inference-aware scaling (Sardana 2023), μP hyperparameter transfer, FLOP calculation, MFU optimization.