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Cosine curve time for height: Hours are rounded before conversion to minutes · case 01

Times are always reported on the whole hour.

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ROOT CAUSE

The elapsed time is rounded to whole hours before multiplying by 60.

THE FAILURE

The elapsed time is rounded to whole hours before multiplying by 60.

Unsuccessful approach: Truncating the minute value instead of rounding reports times up to a minute early.

Case contract

Input [t1,h1,t2,h2,h] (hours, metres) for consecutive turning points with t2>t1 and h1!=h2. Height follows h1+(h2-h1)*(1-cos(pi*s/T))/2 with s elapsed and T=t2-t1. Return the time in whole minutes (rounded half up) when the height h is first reached on that half-cycle, or None when h lies outside the closed range of h1..h2.

Why this case matters

Tide tables and passage plans turn published predictions into go/no-go decisions about depth, clearance and timing.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    t1,h1,t2,h2,h=x
    lo,hi=min(h1,h2),max(h1,h2)
    if h<lo or h>hi: return None
    frac=(h-h1)/(h2-h1)
    T=t2-t1
    s=T*math.acos(1-2*frac)/math.pi
    return math.floor(t1+s+0.5)*60
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0], 78), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6], 0), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5], 186), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5], None)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5], 186), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15], 398), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5], None), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3], 547), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15], 398), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2], 585), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9], None)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3]', [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3], 972), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3], 547), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2], 585), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9], None), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25]', [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25], 40), ('cosine curve time for height [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0]', [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0], 255)], [('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3]', [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3], 972), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25]', [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25], 40), ('cosine curve time for height [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0]', [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0], 255), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6], 0), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0], 78)]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:
    check(label, 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
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]	`60`	`78`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]	`360`	`344`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]	`0`	`0`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]	`180`	`186`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]	`300`	`284`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]	`360`	`372`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]	`None`	`None`	Passed

SHA-256 / bc55442112faeef0319fc6bd7979492265330467f94d2d9ac6a55f6d3e4a4c42

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    t1,h1,t2,h2,h=x
    lo,hi=min(h1,h2),max(h1,h2)
    if h<lo or h>hi: return None
    frac=(h-h1)/(h2-h1)
    T=t2-t1
    s=T*math.acos(1-2*frac)/math.pi
    return int((t1+s)*60)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0], 78), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6], 0), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5], 186), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5], None)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5], 186), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15], 398), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5], None), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9], 284), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3], 547), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 3.15], 398), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2], 585), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9], None)], [('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4], 372), ('cosine curve time for height [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3]', [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3], 972), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.3], 547), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 1.2], 585), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 0.9], None), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25]', [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25], 40), ('cosine curve time for height [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0]', [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0], 255)], [('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 5.1], 210), ('cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]', [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0], 344), ('cosine curve time for height [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3]', [10, 2.0, 22.4, 2.6, 2.3], 972), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25]', [0, 0, 2, 1, 0.25], 40), ('cosine curve time for height [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0]', [1.25, 1.0, 7.25, 3.0, 2.0], 255), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6], 0), ('cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]', [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0], 78)]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[N-1]:
    check(label, 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
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 1.0]	`78`	`78`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [3.5, 5.1, 9.75, 1.2, 4.0]	`343`	`344`	Failed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 0.6]	`0`	`0`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 2.5]	`186`	`186`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 3.9]	`284`	`284`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.4]	`372`	`372`	Passed
cosine curve time for height [0, 0.6, 6.2, 4.4, 4.5]	`None`	`None`	Passed

SHA-256 / 3082eaed17b3ccc256628ec457e1f0ab3dd3ab14b9fce1df457a05a6fd52a059

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Verification & scope

A deterministic toy model with stipulated rules and constants; not certified hydrographic software or a substitute for official tide tables. 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 2026-09-29T14:48:06.595245+00:00.

Case digest / 550e409f865146814008037085987e54eda3f4247d27b9f0863688258d3eba22