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Count sketch frequency estimation: query ignores the row sign · case 04

Rows where the key was stored with a negative sign vote with the wrong polarity.

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Case contract

Input {w, d, stream, queries}; stream entries are [key, signed count]. Row r uses bucket ((A_r key + B_r) mod 2^31-1) mod w and sign +1 when ((C_r key + D_r) mod 2^31-1) is odd, else -1, from an independent hash. Updates add sign*count. A query returns the median over rows of sign*cell; for even d the median is the mean of the two middle values. Negative estimates are returned unchanged (turnstile streams).

Why this case matters

Count sketches estimate signed frequencies in turnstile streams (inserts and deletes); their unbiasedness depends on independent signs and a median across rows.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
stream 0 w=4 d=3	`[-4, -2, -2, -3, -4, 3]`	`[4, 0, -2, 3, -4, 3]`	Failed

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