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Maximum subarray block summary: The crossing candidate combines the old prefix with incoming suffix. · case 01

The reduction disagrees with its explicit aggregation oracle.

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ROOT CAUSE

The crossing candidate combines the old prefix with incoming suffix.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Preserve the maximum subarray block summary contract at the identified reduction decision.

Unsuccessful approach: Two suffixes still skip the beginning of the incoming block.

Case contract

Merge ordered disjoint integer blocks, preserving concatenation order. Return [total, maximum prefix sum, maximum suffix sum, maximum contiguous subarray sum]; empty subarrays are allowed and have sum zero.

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(blocks):
    total=prefix=suffix=best=0
    for block in blocks:
        t=sum(block)
        p=max([0]+[sum(block[:i]) for i in range(1,len(block)+1)])
        s=max([0]+[sum(block[i:]) for i in range(len(block))])
        b=max([0]+[sum(block[i:j]) for i in range(len(block)) for j in range(i+1,len(block)+1)])
        new_best=max(best,b,prefix+s)
        new_prefix=max(prefix,total+p)
        new_suffix=max(s,suffix+t)
        total=total+t
        prefix,suffix,best=new_prefix,new_suffix,new_best
    return [total,prefix,suffix,best]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([[-100, 5]],)), [-95, 0, 5, 5])
check('regression 2', solve(*([[2, -7, 4], [3, -1]],)), [1, 2, 6, 7])
check('regression 3', solve(*([[-8, -2], [-3]],)), [-13, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 4', solve(*([],)), [0, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 5', solve(*([[4, -2], [], [3, -9, 6]],)), [2, 5, 6, 6])
check('regression 6', solve(*([[-2, 7], [-3, 5, -9], [2]],)), [0, 7, 2, 9])
check('regression 7', solve(*([[8, -9], [1, -4, 9]],)), [5, 8, 9, 9])
check('regression 8', solve(*([[1, 2], [3, 4]],)), [10, 10, 10, 10])
check("variable cross block peak",solve([[-N,2*N],[N,-4*N]]),[-2*N,2*N,0,3*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 1[-95, 0, 5, 5][-95, 0, 5, 5]Passed
regression 2[1, 2, 6, 4][1, 2, 6, 7]Failed
regression 3[-13, 0, 0, 0][-13, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 4[0, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 5[2, 5, 6, 10][2, 5, 6, 6]Failed
regression 6[0, 7, 2, 9][0, 7, 2, 9]Passed
regression 7[5, 8, 9, 17][5, 8, 9, 9]Failed
regression 8[10, 10, 10, 10][10, 10, 10, 10]Passed
variable cross block peak[-2, 2, 0, 2][-2, 2, 0, 3]Failed

SHA-256 / b22d6ee34f183370514b6b5e0d554c9e49e618c9cb1ce7e1dac2f747efd17c72

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(blocks):
    total=prefix=suffix=best=0
    for block in blocks:
        t=sum(block)
        p=max([0]+[sum(block[:i]) for i in range(1,len(block)+1)])
        s=max([0]+[sum(block[i:]) for i in range(len(block))])
        b=max([0]+[sum(block[i:j]) for i in range(len(block)) for j in range(i+1,len(block)+1)])
        new_best=max(best,b,suffix+s)
        new_prefix=max(prefix,total+p)
        new_suffix=max(s,suffix+t)
        total=total+t
        prefix,suffix,best=new_prefix,new_suffix,new_best
    return [total,prefix,suffix,best]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([[-100, 5]],)), [-95, 0, 5, 5])
check('regression 2', solve(*([[2, -7, 4], [3, -1]],)), [1, 2, 6, 7])
check('regression 3', solve(*([[-8, -2], [-3]],)), [-13, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 4', solve(*([],)), [0, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 5', solve(*([[4, -2], [], [3, -9, 6]],)), [2, 5, 6, 6])
check('regression 6', solve(*([[-2, 7], [-3, 5, -9], [2]],)), [0, 7, 2, 9])
check('regression 7', solve(*([[8, -9], [1, -4, 9]],)), [5, 8, 9, 9])
check('regression 8', solve(*([[1, 2], [3, 4]],)), [10, 10, 10, 10])
check("variable cross block peak",solve([[-N,2*N],[N,-4*N]]),[-2*N,2*N,0,3*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 1[-95, 0, 5, 5][-95, 0, 5, 5]Passed
regression 2[1, 2, 6, 6][1, 2, 6, 7]Failed
regression 3[-13, 0, 0, 0][-13, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 4[0, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 5[2, 5, 6, 8][2, 5, 6, 6]Failed
regression 6[0, 7, 2, 7][0, 7, 2, 9]Failed
regression 7[5, 8, 9, 9][5, 8, 9, 9]Passed
regression 8[10, 10, 10, 10][10, 10, 10, 10]Passed
variable cross block peak[-2, 2, 0, 2][-2, 2, 0, 3]Failed

SHA-256 / 220693615fb571a235dd0e457a7a11dd092383343f453a55b4094e11720986cd

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""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(blocks):
    total=prefix=suffix=best=0
    for block in blocks:
        t=sum(block)
        p=max([0]+[sum(block[:i]) for i in range(1,len(block)+1)])
        s=max([0]+[sum(block[i:]) for i in range(len(block))])
        b=max([0]+[sum(block[i:j]) for i in range(len(block)) for j in range(i+1,len(block)+1)])
        new_best=max(best,b,suffix+p)
        new_prefix=max(prefix,total+p)
        new_suffix=max(s,suffix+t)
        total=total+t
        prefix,suffix,best=new_prefix,new_suffix,new_best
    return [total,prefix,suffix,best]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([[-100, 5]],)), [-95, 0, 5, 5])
check('regression 2', solve(*([[2, -7, 4], [3, -1]],)), [1, 2, 6, 7])
check('regression 3', solve(*([[-8, -2], [-3]],)), [-13, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 4', solve(*([],)), [0, 0, 0, 0])
check('regression 5', solve(*([[4, -2], [], [3, -9, 6]],)), [2, 5, 6, 6])
check('regression 6', solve(*([[-2, 7], [-3, 5, -9], [2]],)), [0, 7, 2, 9])
check('regression 7', solve(*([[8, -9], [1, -4, 9]],)), [5, 8, 9, 9])
check('regression 8', solve(*([[1, 2], [3, 4]],)), [10, 10, 10, 10])
check("variable cross block peak",solve([[-N,2*N],[N,-4*N]]),[-2*N,2*N,0,3*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 1[-95, 0, 5, 5][-95, 0, 5, 5]Passed
regression 2[1, 2, 6, 7][1, 2, 6, 7]Passed
regression 3[-13, 0, 0, 0][-13, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 4[0, 0, 0, 0][0, 0, 0, 0]Passed
regression 5[2, 5, 6, 6][2, 5, 6, 6]Passed
regression 6[0, 7, 2, 9][0, 7, 2, 9]Passed
regression 7[5, 8, 9, 9][5, 8, 9, 9]Passed
regression 8[10, 10, 10, 10][10, 10, 10, 10]Passed
variable cross block peak[-2, 2, 0, 3][-2, 2, 0, 3]Passed

SHA-256 / e4797b1147c92336e8b898e2f3d32f1b5c7446b40369599781886673d584e95d

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 2026-09-29T14:39:04.320399+00:00.

Case digest / dcf065b42cb882b4808645c18f95dfb8be6a32e8dc4de427a22384d349bc290a