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Histogram interval mass: Disjoint bins contribute negative signed overlap. · case 01

The reduction disagrees with its explicit aggregation oracle.

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ROOT CAUSE

Disjoint bins contribute negative signed overlap.

THE FAILURE

Disjoint bins contribute negative signed overlap.

Unsuccessful approach: Absolute overlap turns gaps into positive mass.

Case contract

Bins [left,right,mass] have positive widths and nonnegative integer masses. Treat each bin as uniform density. Return exact mass in query [a,b] as a Fraction string; reversed/empty queries have zero mass.

Why this case matters

Exact bounded examples isolate a reduction defect without floating-point or external-service effects.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import math
import itertools
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(bins, a, b):
    return str(sum((Fraction(m*(min(r,b)-max(l,a)),r-l) for l,r,m in bins),Fraction(0))) if a<b else "0"
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([[0, 4, 8], [4, 10, 3]], 2, 7)), '11/2')
check('regression 2', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 1, 2)), '2')
check('regression 3', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], -3, 8)), '8')
check('regression 4', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 4, 9)), '0')
check('regression 5', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 7, 9)), '0')
check('regression 6', solve(*([], 0, 1)), '0')
check('regression 7', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 3, 1)), '0')
check('regression 8', solve(*([[2, 7, 10], [10, 12, 8]], 0, 11)), '14')
check("variable density mass",solve([[0,N+2,2*(N+2)]],1,N+1),str(2*N))
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
regression 111/211/2Passed
regression 222Passed
regression 388Passed
regression 400Passed
regression 5-60Failed
regression 600Passed
regression 700Passed
regression 81414Passed
variable density mass22Passed

SHA-256 / 32efef394924eb6459c8791afb428f0a726d5e18739a27efe2a8bb2a14862766

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import math
import itertools
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(bins, a, b):
    return str(sum((Fraction(m*abs(min(r,b)-max(l,a)),r-l) for l,r,m in bins),Fraction(0))) if a<b else "0"
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([[0, 4, 8], [4, 10, 3]], 2, 7)), '11/2')
check('regression 2', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 1, 2)), '2')
check('regression 3', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], -3, 8)), '8')
check('regression 4', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 4, 9)), '0')
check('regression 5', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 7, 9)), '0')
check('regression 6', solve(*([], 0, 1)), '0')
check('regression 7', solve(*([[0, 4, 8]], 3, 1)), '0')
check('regression 8', solve(*([[2, 7, 10], [10, 12, 8]], 0, 11)), '14')
check("variable density mass",solve([[0,N+2,2*(N+2)]],1,N+1),str(2*N))
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
regression 111/211/2Passed
regression 222Passed
regression 388Passed
regression 400Passed
regression 560Failed
regression 600Passed
regression 700Passed
regression 81414Passed
variable density mass22Passed

SHA-256 / 967d99a1baf9aa318eae41321d4223d9ad317a0465d1f65b32172fc8a6cb00db

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Verification & scope

Small offline integer/rational inputs only; no performance, statistical inference, or production-library conformance claim. This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:39:03.075051+00:00.

Case digest / fe923fc46e5cfa3f71f53b425ceafdd956bc1a4a247f616b209df38899de5531