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A positive-only tie rule rounds negative halves toward zero · case 01

Exact midpoint values receive even rounding or asymmetric rounding instead of the required away-from-zero result.

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ROOT CAUSE

A default tie convention or the positive-only floor(x+0.5) identity is used for signed rational values.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Compare twice the absolute remainder with the denominator, then restore the original sign after rounding the magnitude.

Unsuccessful approach: Adding one half before floor fixes positive ties but turns a negative tie toward zero.

Case contract

Round numerator/denominator to the nearest integer, with exact ties away from zero. Inputs are integers and denominator must be positive; invalid denominators return None. No decimal parsing or floating-point conversion occurs.

Why this case matters

Quantizers and fixed-point protocols need an explicit signed tie rule. The failure here is a rounding-policy mismatch, separate from binary representation error when parsing decimals.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(numerator, denominator):
    return round(Fraction(numerator, denominator)) if denominator > 0 else None
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('positive half after even integer', solve(4 * N + 1, 2), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative half after even magnitude', solve(-4 * N - 1, 2), -2 * N - 1)
check('just below midpoint', solve(200 * N + 49, 100), 2 * N)
check('just above midpoint', solve(200 * N + 51, 100), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative value below midpoint magnitude', solve(-200 * N - 49, 100), -2 * N)
check('exact negative integer', solve(-N * 7, 7), -N)
check('zero', solve(0, N), 0)
check('zero denominator rejected', solve(N, 0), None)
check('negative denominator rejected', solve(N, -1), None)
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
positive half after even integer23Failed
negative half after even magnitude-2-3Failed
just below midpoint22Passed
just above midpoint33Passed
negative value below midpoint magnitude-2-2Passed
exact negative integer-1-1Passed
zero00Passed
zero denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed
negative denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed

SHA-256 / 9035bd73f15b979682fe58b316db3ded346faf095f3d148eff1adc555d607277

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(numerator, denominator):
    return math.floor(Fraction(numerator, denominator) + Fraction(1, 2)) if denominator > 0 else None
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('positive half after even integer', solve(4 * N + 1, 2), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative half after even magnitude', solve(-4 * N - 1, 2), -2 * N - 1)
check('just below midpoint', solve(200 * N + 49, 100), 2 * N)
check('just above midpoint', solve(200 * N + 51, 100), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative value below midpoint magnitude', solve(-200 * N - 49, 100), -2 * N)
check('exact negative integer', solve(-N * 7, 7), -N)
check('zero', solve(0, N), 0)
check('zero denominator rejected', solve(N, 0), None)
check('negative denominator rejected', solve(N, -1), None)
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
positive half after even integer33Passed
negative half after even magnitude-2-3Failed
just below midpoint22Passed
just above midpoint33Passed
negative value below midpoint magnitude-2-2Passed
exact negative integer-1-1Passed
zero00Passed
zero denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed
negative denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed

SHA-256 / 38dc0407a0c46da9affd3ab399283fc5da2cfefe8761609ad30a7f856f1f816a

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(numerator, denominator):
    if denominator <= 0:
        return None
    whole, remainder = divmod(abs(numerator), denominator)
    magnitude = whole + (2 * remainder >= denominator)
    return -magnitude if numerator < 0 else magnitude
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('positive half after even integer', solve(4 * N + 1, 2), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative half after even magnitude', solve(-4 * N - 1, 2), -2 * N - 1)
check('just below midpoint', solve(200 * N + 49, 100), 2 * N)
check('just above midpoint', solve(200 * N + 51, 100), 2 * N + 1)
check('negative value below midpoint magnitude', solve(-200 * N - 49, 100), -2 * N)
check('exact negative integer', solve(-N * 7, 7), -N)
check('zero', solve(0, N), 0)
check('zero denominator rejected', solve(N, 0), None)
check('negative denominator rejected', solve(N, -1), None)
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
positive half after even integer33Passed
negative half after even magnitude-3-3Passed
just below midpoint22Passed
just above midpoint33Passed
negative value below midpoint magnitude-2-2Passed
exact negative integer-1-1Passed
zero00Passed
zero denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed
negative denominator rejectedNoneNonePassed

SHA-256 / 4953ff45b056e8da09c2ee3d267e5ee697916f7aa6530504339d804c2858f8c1

Verification & scope

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 2026-09-29T14:36:52.120851+00:00.

Case digest / 5ea61b6fc79dcbe340d5720d98a94fdefbf0901f30bacdf1c80de4faeaaef738