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Bareiss determinant: previous pivot divisor · case 01

The exact bareiss determinant result violates the stated contract at previous pivot divisor.

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ROOT CAUSE

The previous pivot divisor step uses 1 instead of a[k][k].

THE FAILURE

The previous pivot divisor step uses 1 instead of a[k][k].

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair abs(a[k][k]) still violates the previous pivot divisor invariant.

Case contract

Input nonempty square integer matrix; return exact determinant using pivoted fraction-free elimination.

Why this case matters

Exact discrete arithmetic with observable algorithmic state; no floating point approximation is used.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import itertools
from fractions import Fraction
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a=[r[:] for r in x];n=len(a);prev=1;sign=1
    for k in range(n-1):
     pivot=next((i for i in range(k,n) if a[i][k]!=0),None)
     if pivot is None:return 0
     if pivot!=k:
      a[k],a[pivot]=a[pivot],a[k]
      sign=-sign
     for i in range(k+1,n):
      for j in range(k+1,n):a[i][j]=(a[i][j]*a[k][k]-a[i][k]*a[k][j])//prev
     prev=1
     if not prev:return None
     for i in range(k+1,n):a[i][k]=0
    return sign*a[-1][-1]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[([[-3, -3, 1], [-2, -1, -2], [-1, -3, 0]], 17), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[2]], 2), ([[2]], 2), ([[1]], 1), ([[3]], 3), ([[-1]], -1)], [([[0, -3, -2], [-1, -2, 0], [-3, 0, -2]], 18), ([[-1, -2, 2], [-1, 0, 2], [-2, 0, 3]], 2), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[-3]], -3), ([[1]], 1), ([[3]], 3), ([[2]], 2)], [([[-3, -1, 1], [1, 2, 3], [3, -3, -2]], -35), ([[-3, -1, 0], [0, -3, 2], [-1, 0, -3]], -25), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[3]], 3), ([[-2]], -2), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-3]], -3)], [([[-1, -2, 2], [-1, 0, 2], [-2, 0, 3]], 2), ([[-2, 1, 0], [3, 0, 3], [-3, 2, -2]], 9), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[2]], 2), ([[-2]], -2), ([[2]], 2), ([[2]], 2)], [([[-2, 0, 2], [-2, 3, 2], [3, -2, 2]], -30), ([[-2, 1, 3], [-2, 2, -2], [-3, 1, -3]], 20), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[-1, 0], [-3, -2]], 2), ([[0, 3], [0, -3]], 0), ([[-1, 0], [1, 2]], -2), ([[-2, 0], [-2, 0]], 0)]]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("explicit oracle %d" % i, solve(args), expected)
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
explicit oracle 0	`-51`	`17`	Failed
explicit oracle 1	`-1`	`-1`	Passed
explicit oracle 2	`-16`	`4`	Failed
explicit oracle 3	`2`	`2`	Passed
explicit oracle 4	`2`	`2`	Passed
explicit oracle 5	`1`	`1`	Passed
explicit oracle 6	`3`	`3`	Passed
explicit oracle 7	`-1`	`-1`	Passed

SHA-256 / 02070d40cc9240125b6c1c4d399a699c67a3c9a2afbc29afb52ab60d66b29c8a

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import itertools
from fractions import Fraction
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a=[r[:] for r in x];n=len(a);prev=1;sign=1
    for k in range(n-1):
     pivot=next((i for i in range(k,n) if a[i][k]!=0),None)
     if pivot is None:return 0
     if pivot!=k:
      a[k],a[pivot]=a[pivot],a[k]
      sign=-sign
     for i in range(k+1,n):
      for j in range(k+1,n):a[i][j]=(a[i][j]*a[k][k]-a[i][k]*a[k][j])//prev
     prev=abs(a[k][k])
     if not prev:return None
     for i in range(k+1,n):a[i][k]=0
    return sign*a[-1][-1]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[([[-3, -3, 1], [-2, -1, -2], [-1, -3, 0]], 17), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[2]], 2), ([[2]], 2), ([[1]], 1), ([[3]], 3), ([[-1]], -1)], [([[0, -3, -2], [-1, -2, 0], [-3, 0, -2]], 18), ([[-1, -2, 2], [-1, 0, 2], [-2, 0, 3]], 2), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[-3]], -3), ([[1]], 1), ([[3]], 3), ([[2]], 2)], [([[-3, -1, 1], [1, 2, 3], [3, -3, -2]], -35), ([[-3, -1, 0], [0, -3, 2], [-1, 0, -3]], -25), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[3]], 3), ([[-2]], -2), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-3]], -3)], [([[-1, -2, 2], [-1, 0, 2], [-2, 0, 3]], 2), ([[-2, 1, 0], [3, 0, 3], [-3, 2, -2]], 9), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[2]], 2), ([[-2]], -2), ([[2]], 2), ([[2]], 2)], [([[-2, 0, 2], [-2, 3, 2], [3, -2, 2]], -30), ([[-2, 1, 3], [-2, 2, -2], [-3, 1, -3]], 20), ([[-1]], -1), ([[-1, -1, 0, 3], [-3, 1, -2, 2], [0, -1, 1, 2], [-3, 2, -3, -2]], 4), ([[-1, 0], [-3, -2]], 2), ([[0, 3], [0, -3]], 0), ([[-1, 0], [1, 2]], -2), ([[-2, 0], [-2, 0]], 0)]]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("explicit oracle %d" % i, solve(args), expected)
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
explicit oracle 0	`-17`	`17`	Failed
explicit oracle 1	`-1`	`-1`	Passed
explicit oracle 2	`-4`	`4`	Failed
explicit oracle 3	`2`	`2`	Passed
explicit oracle 4	`2`	`2`	Passed
explicit oracle 5	`1`	`1`	Passed
explicit oracle 6	`3`	`3`	Passed
explicit oracle 7	`-1`	`-1`	Passed

SHA-256 / 06cbb99ba8be6daacb8c5c8fd1f13caf51c0071a52124524e532fbc6a92618b2

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Verification & scope

A deterministic bounded teaching model. Inputs are restricted to the explicit contract; this is not a production algebra library. 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 2026-09-29T14:39:26.013631+00:00.

Case digest / 60c6eaedf50e81c27badf562a56d7eecdd32ca2b163ac19a16d0926596e70703