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Ordered distinct triples · case 01

Repeated members are allowed within a triple.

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ROOT CAUSE

Repeated members are allowed within a triple.

THE FAILURE

Repeated members are allowed within a triple.

Unsuccessful approach: Ignoring order collapses six distinct triples into one.

Case contract

Nonnegative integer counts. Permutation and combination counts are zero when a requested selection exceeds the available objects. Shape sizes satisfy the preconditions stated below. Ordered distinct triples. Exact operational definition: n*(n-1)*(n-2)

Why this case matters

Small exact fixtures expose this error without platform timing, external services, or probabilistic observations. Combinatorics results depend on the stated convention.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import calendar
import statistics
import itertools
from fractions import Fraction
from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP, ROUND_DOWN, ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_FLOOR

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(n):
    return n**3
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1: (0,)', solve(*(0,)), 0)
check('fixture 2: (2,)', solve(*(2,)), 0)
check('fixture 3: (3,)', solve(*(3,)), 6)
check('fixture 4: (5,)', solve(*(5,)), 60)
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
fixture 1: (0,)	`0`	`0`	Passed
fixture 2: (2,)	`8`	`0`	Failed
fixture 3: (3,)	`27`	`6`	Failed
fixture 4: (5,)	`125`	`60`	Failed

SHA-256 / 170c439cbd85f4c0a6449f430802a3a006eef28b491ec7d3fc104c21c5d3589a

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import calendar
import statistics
import itertools
from fractions import Fraction
from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP, ROUND_DOWN, ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_FLOOR

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(n):
    return math.comb(n,3)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1: (0,)', solve(*(0,)), 0)
check('fixture 2: (2,)', solve(*(2,)), 0)
check('fixture 3: (3,)', solve(*(3,)), 6)
check('fixture 4: (5,)', solve(*(5,)), 60)
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
fixture 1: (0,)	`0`	`0`	Passed
fixture 2: (2,)	`0`	`0`	Passed
fixture 3: (3,)	`1`	`6`	Failed
fixture 4: (5,)	`10`	`60`	Failed

SHA-256 / c94602741d6b04c162fb0844a47d1153824f55c28293252c4b16ed5b0fb10f6c

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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 2026-09-29T14:37:53.182099+00:00.

Case digest / 7e8205f446850775e27e802e7397f2f402eaaa816ebe25cc11906355e47b2cc2