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Stochastic rounding adds upward in numeric order after sign application · case 01

Stochastic rounding adds upward in numeric order after sign application.

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ROOT CAUSE

Stochastic rounding adds upward in numeric order after sign application. The faulty expression is return [sign*q+int(inc),inc].

VERIFIED REPAIR

Apply the contract at this fault site using return [sign*(q+int(inc)),inc].

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted local correction return [sign*q-int(inc),inc] still violates the explicit regression fixtures.

Case contract

Stipulated stochastic rounding of nonnegative significand with exact dyadic remainder rem/2**k. Draw is uniform integer in [0,2**k); increment magnitude iff draw<rem, then apply sign. Exact results never increment. Return rounded value and whether magnitude incremented.

Why this case matters

An offline floating representation model isolates a reproducible arithmetic fault.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import struct
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(q,rem,k,draw,sign):
    if k<0 or rem<0 or rem>=(1<<k) or draw<0 or draw>=(1<<k): return 'invalid'
    if rem==0: return [sign*q,False]
    inc=draw<rem
    return [sign*q+int(inc),inc]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('draw below', solve(N,3,3,2,1), [N+1,True])
check('draw equality', solve(N,3,3,3,1), [N,False])
check('draw above', solve(N,3,3,7,1), [N,False])
check('negative increment', solve(N,3,3,1,-1), [-N-1,True])
check('negative no increment', solve(N,3,3,5,-1), [-N,False])
check('exact', solve(N,0,3,0,1), [N,False])
check('invalid remainder', solve(N,8,3,0,1), "invalid")
check('invalid draw', solve(N,3,3,8,1), "invalid")
check('large resolution', solve(N,1,54,0,1), [N+1,True])
check('resolution boundary', solve(N,1,54,1,1), [N,False])
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
draw below[2, True][2, True]Passed
draw equality[1, False][1, False]Passed
draw above[1, False][1, False]Passed
negative increment[0, True][-2, True]Failed
negative no increment[-1, False][-1, False]Passed
exact[1, False][1, False]Passed
invalid remainderinvalidinvalidPassed
invalid drawinvalidinvalidPassed
large resolution[2, True][2, True]Passed
resolution boundary[1, False][1, False]Passed

SHA-256 / 62e37b2472060f75b60483d7f9bc8832bf97b3f919bfc9eede118212f9e8ea17

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import struct
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(q,rem,k,draw,sign):
    if k<0 or rem<0 or rem>=(1<<k) or draw<0 or draw>=(1<<k): return 'invalid'
    if rem==0: return [sign*q,False]
    inc=draw<rem
    return [sign*q-int(inc),inc]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('draw below', solve(N,3,3,2,1), [N+1,True])
check('draw equality', solve(N,3,3,3,1), [N,False])
check('draw above', solve(N,3,3,7,1), [N,False])
check('negative increment', solve(N,3,3,1,-1), [-N-1,True])
check('negative no increment', solve(N,3,3,5,-1), [-N,False])
check('exact', solve(N,0,3,0,1), [N,False])
check('invalid remainder', solve(N,8,3,0,1), "invalid")
check('invalid draw', solve(N,3,3,8,1), "invalid")
check('large resolution', solve(N,1,54,0,1), [N+1,True])
check('resolution boundary', solve(N,1,54,1,1), [N,False])
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
draw below[0, True][2, True]Failed
draw equality[1, False][1, False]Passed
draw above[1, False][1, False]Passed
negative increment[-2, True][-2, True]Passed
negative no increment[-1, False][-1, False]Passed
exact[1, False][1, False]Passed
invalid remainderinvalidinvalidPassed
invalid drawinvalidinvalidPassed
large resolution[0, True][2, True]Failed
resolution boundary[1, False][1, False]Passed

SHA-256 / d2b0ef95a76536edbb248547d17478ffc33e532ae14ff116365159de3fe8ccbf

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import struct
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(q,rem,k,draw,sign):
    if k<0 or rem<0 or rem>=(1<<k) or draw<0 or draw>=(1<<k): return 'invalid'
    if rem==0: return [sign*q,False]
    inc=draw<rem
    return [sign*(q+int(inc)),inc]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('draw below', solve(N,3,3,2,1), [N+1,True])
check('draw equality', solve(N,3,3,3,1), [N,False])
check('draw above', solve(N,3,3,7,1), [N,False])
check('negative increment', solve(N,3,3,1,-1), [-N-1,True])
check('negative no increment', solve(N,3,3,5,-1), [-N,False])
check('exact', solve(N,0,3,0,1), [N,False])
check('invalid remainder', solve(N,8,3,0,1), "invalid")
check('invalid draw', solve(N,3,3,8,1), "invalid")
check('large resolution', solve(N,1,54,0,1), [N+1,True])
check('resolution boundary', solve(N,1,54,1,1), [N,False])
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
draw below[2, True][2, True]Passed
draw equality[1, False][1, False]Passed
draw above[1, False][1, False]Passed
negative increment[-2, True][-2, True]Passed
negative no increment[-1, False][-1, False]Passed
exact[1, False][1, False]Passed
invalid remainderinvalidinvalidPassed
invalid drawinvalidinvalidPassed
large resolution[2, True][2, True]Passed
resolution boundary[1, False][1, False]Passed

SHA-256 / 74f7e37101b15188f374d172616fb946764e6cdc3d45d59d3c86cfa8ddcf5126

Verification & scope

Controlled binary64 or explicitly stipulated miniature format; no hardware exception flags or platform floating environment are modeled. 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 2026-09-29T14:39:38.566907+00:00.

Case digest / aeca8644bbc0467cc7cb32323dc080bed7f19e86b650e7df7020121725d4aef8