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Boundary loops include edges shared by three faces · case 01

Non-manifold fins are counted as boundary loops.

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ROOT CAUSE

An edge is treated as boundary whenever its use count is not exactly 2.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Only edges used by exactly one face are boundary.

Unsuccessful approach: Using odd incidence still treats three-face edges as boundary.

Case contract

Input: list of polygon faces (vertex index lists). V counts referenced vertices, E distinct undirected edges (closing edge included), F faces, chi=V-E+F, C connected components (via edges), B boundary loops = components of the graph of edges used by exactly one face. Return [V,E,F,chi,C,B,genus] with genus=(2C-chi-B)/2 or null when that numerator is odd (non-orientable signal).

Why this case matters

Mesh processing pipelines (remeshing, export, simulation, printing) trust these topological counts and adjacency answers; a wrong invariant silently accepts broken meshes or rejects valid ones.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    faces=x
    edges={}
    for f in faces:
        n=len(f)
        for i in range(n):
            a,b=f[i],f[(i+1)%n]
            k=(min(a,b),max(a,b))
            edges[k]=edges.get(k,0)+1
    verts=sorted({v for f in faces for v in f})
    V=len(verts)
    E=len(edges)
    Fc=len(faces)
    chi=V-E+Fc
    parent={v:v for v in verts}
    def find(v):
        while parent[v]!=v:
            v=parent[v]
        return v
    for a,b in edges:
        ra,rb=find(a),find(b)
        if ra!=rb: parent[ra]=rb
    comps=len({find(v) for v in verts})
    bpar={}
    def bfind(v):
        while bpar[v]!=v:
            v=bpar[v]
        return v
    for (a,b),c in edges.items():
        if c!=2:
            bpar.setdefault(a,a)
            bpar.setdefault(b,b)
            ra,rb=bfind(a),bfind(b)
            if ra!=rb: bpar[ra]=rb
    loops=len({bfind(v) for v in bpar})
    g=2*comps-chi-loops
    genus=None if g%2 else g//2
    return [V,E,Fc,chi,comps,loops,genus]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['octahedron', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [5, 2, 1], [5, 3, 2], [5, 4, 3], [5, 1, 4]]], [6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetra plus disk', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [10, 11, 12], [10, 12, 13], [10, 13, 14], [10, 14, 15], [10, 15, 11]]], [10, 16, 9, 3, 2, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]]]
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
tetrahedron[4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0][4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
cube quads[8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0][8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
octahedron[6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0][6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
quad torus[9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
triangle torus[9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
disk fan[6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0][6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]Passed
tetrahedra sharing a face[5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 1, -1][5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]Failed

SHA-256 / bad96ca59f229e57758d6723595f94f0d55673c7cc948c278128f08e67743de1

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    faces=x
    edges={}
    for f in faces:
        n=len(f)
        for i in range(n):
            a,b=f[i],f[(i+1)%n]
            k=(min(a,b),max(a,b))
            edges[k]=edges.get(k,0)+1
    verts=sorted({v for f in faces for v in f})
    V=len(verts)
    E=len(edges)
    Fc=len(faces)
    chi=V-E+Fc
    parent={v:v for v in verts}
    def find(v):
        while parent[v]!=v:
            v=parent[v]
        return v
    for a,b in edges:
        ra,rb=find(a),find(b)
        if ra!=rb: parent[ra]=rb
    comps=len({find(v) for v in verts})
    bpar={}
    def bfind(v):
        while bpar[v]!=v:
            v=bpar[v]
        return v
    for (a,b),c in edges.items():
        if c%2==1:
            bpar.setdefault(a,a)
            bpar.setdefault(b,b)
            ra,rb=bfind(a),bfind(b)
            if ra!=rb: bpar[ra]=rb
    loops=len({bfind(v) for v in bpar})
    g=2*comps-chi-loops
    genus=None if g%2 else g//2
    return [V,E,Fc,chi,comps,loops,genus]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['octahedron', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [5, 2, 1], [5, 3, 2], [5, 4, 3], [5, 1, 4]]], [6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetra plus disk', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [10, 11, 12], [10, 12, 13], [10, 13, 14], [10, 14, 15], [10, 15, 11]]], [10, 16, 9, 3, 2, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]]]
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
tetrahedron[4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0][4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
cube quads[8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0][8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
octahedron[6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0][6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
quad torus[9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
triangle torus[9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
disk fan[6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0][6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]Passed
tetrahedra sharing a face[5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 1, -1][5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]Failed

SHA-256 / d37f2edc9d95f33155ff8f6d1115cf83729c89e5a11fb5c1d2539e8b8edf1e02

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    faces=x
    edges={}
    for f in faces:
        n=len(f)
        for i in range(n):
            a,b=f[i],f[(i+1)%n]
            k=(min(a,b),max(a,b))
            edges[k]=edges.get(k,0)+1
    verts=sorted({v for f in faces for v in f})
    V=len(verts)
    E=len(edges)
    Fc=len(faces)
    chi=V-E+Fc
    parent={v:v for v in verts}
    def find(v):
        while parent[v]!=v:
            v=parent[v]
        return v
    for a,b in edges:
        ra,rb=find(a),find(b)
        if ra!=rb: parent[ra]=rb
    comps=len({find(v) for v in verts})
    bpar={}
    def bfind(v):
        while bpar[v]!=v:
            v=bpar[v]
        return v
    for (a,b),c in edges.items():
        if c==1:
            bpar.setdefault(a,a)
            bpar.setdefault(b,b)
            ra,rb=bfind(a),bfind(b)
            if ra!=rb: bpar[ra]=rb
    loops=len({bfind(v) for v in bpar})
    g=2*comps-chi-loops
    genus=None if g%2 else g//2
    return [V,E,Fc,chi,comps,loops,genus]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['octahedron', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [5, 2, 1], [5, 3, 2], [5, 4, 3], [5, 1, 4]]], [6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad torus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0, 6]]], [9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['triangle torus', [[[0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5], [1, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3], [2, 3, 0], [3, 6, 7], [3, 7, 4], [4, 7, 8], [4, 8, 5], [5, 8, 6], [5, 6, 3], [6, 0, 1], [6, 1, 7], [7, 1, 2], [7, 2, 8], [8, 2, 0], [8, 0, 6]]], [9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]], ['disk fan', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1]]], [6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['quad annulus', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 3, 0]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['mobius strip', [[[0, 3, 4, 1], [1, 4, 5, 2], [2, 5, 0, 3]]], [6, 9, 3, 0, 1, 1, None]], ['projective plane', [[[0, 1, 2], [0, 2, 3], [0, 3, 4], [0, 4, 5], [0, 5, 1], [1, 2, 4], [2, 3, 5], [3, 4, 1], [4, 5, 2], [5, 1, 3]]], [6, 15, 10, 1, 1, 0, None]], ['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['two tetrahedra', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [4, 6, 5], [4, 5, 7], [5, 6, 7], [4, 7, 6]]], [8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 0, 0]], ['gapped indices', [[[0, 1, 5], [1, 7, 5]]], [4, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['open cylinder', [[[0, 1, 5], [0, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6], [1, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7], [2, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4], [3, 4, 7]]], [8, 16, 8, 0, 1, 2, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]], [['tetrahedron', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2]]], [4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['cube quads', [[[0, 3, 2, 1], [4, 5, 6, 7], [0, 1, 5, 4], [1, 2, 6, 5], [2, 3, 7, 6], [3, 0, 4, 7]]], [8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]], ['book of three pages', [[[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [0, 1, 4]]], [5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['quad grid', [[[0, 1, 4, 3], [1, 2, 5, 4], [3, 4, 7, 6], [4, 5, 8, 7]]], [9, 12, 4, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['mixed quad and triangle', [[[0, 1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 4]]], [5, 6, 2, 1, 1, 1, 0]], ['tetra plus disk', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [10, 11, 12], [10, 12, 13], [10, 13, 14], [10, 14, 15], [10, 15, 11]]], [10, 16, 9, 3, 2, 1, 0]], ['tetrahedra sharing a face', [[[0, 2, 1], [0, 1, 3], [1, 2, 3], [0, 3, 2], [0, 1, 4], [1, 2, 4], [0, 4, 2]]], [5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]]]]
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 fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
tetrahedron[4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0][4, 6, 4, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
cube quads[8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0][8, 12, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
octahedron[6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0][6, 12, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0]Passed
quad torus[9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 18, 9, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
triangle torus[9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1][9, 27, 18, 0, 1, 0, 1]Passed
disk fan[6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0][6, 10, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0]Passed
tetrahedra sharing a face[5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None][5, 9, 7, 3, 1, 0, None]Passed

SHA-256 / 0385236f776c486b8d6d570b4399c05915cef67b698844cdfa30eb010bc452bb

Verification & scope

Pure combinatorial teaching model over integer face lists with a stipulated contract; no geometry kernel or file format is implied. 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 2026-09-29T14:51:07.472355+00:00.

Case digest / 100ef65b3e9a44072a1e76dab9c07f1451be061a2a9314d266bc83753f93b9c2