[#R69] Deterministic closure verifier and inclusion-exclusion certificate
1Summary
Standard-library Python checks every base pattern, evaluates the certified bounds, and reproduces the exact counts through side four.
The closure routine scans every vacant vertex, adds all vertices with at least two occupied grid neighbors, and repeats to a fixed point. It checks both long diagonals and all 64 row-column crosses on the eight board. It also checks that removing any one of the four outer lines from the full board produces a fixed point.
For a forced occupied set \(F\), the function `cross_with(F)` counts configurations that contain \(F\), at least one complete row, and at least one complete column. It evaluates \[ C(F)=\sum_{\varnothing\ne A\subseteq[8]} \sum_{\varnothing\ne D\subseteq[8]} (-1)^{|A|+|D|}2^{64-|F\cup R_A\cup C_D|}. \] The lower endpoint is the union count for the cross family and the two diagonal supersets. The upper endpoint uses a separate four-event inclusion-exclusion calculation for vacant boundary lines.
Reproduced evidence. Recorded scope: all 66 stated spanning base patterns, all four stated stable boundary-line obstructions, the complete inclusion-exclusion sums for their monotone families, and every initial set on square boards of side at most four.
2Reproduce
Part of the replay path is recorded. Check the missing fields before comparing a new run.
- Entry point
- Join source_lines with LF characters and execute the resulting Python program
- Runtime
- CPython 3.10 or newer, standard library only
Verification source: doi.org ↗, Inline CPython standard-library verifier prepared and executed on 2026-07-25
Missing for a complete replay: command, expected output.
3Overview
As a closure-routine check, full enumeration gives \(B_1=1\), \(B_2=7\), \(B_3=312\), and \(B_4=50{,}637\), agreeing with the candidate record.
4Source code
View source code
from hashlib import sha256
def closure(n,state):
while True:
add=0
for r in range(n):
for c in range(n):
i=n*r+c
if state>>i&1:
continue
seen=0
for dr,dc in ((-1,0),(1,0),(0,-1),(0,1)):
rr,cc=r+dr,c+dc
if 0<=rr<n and 0<=cc<n:
seen+=(state>>(n*rr+cc))&1
if seen>=2:
add|=1<<i
if not add:
return state
state|=add
N=8
FULL=(1<<64)-1
rows=[sum(1<<(8*r+c) for c in range(8)) for r in range(8)]
cols=[sum(1<<(8*r+c) for r in range(8)) for c in range(8)]
diag=sum(1<<(9*i) for i in range(8))
anti=sum(1<<(7+7*i) for i in range(8))
assert closure(8,diag)==FULL and closure(8,anti)==FULL
for row in rows:
for col in cols:
assert closure(8,row|col)==FULL
for line in (rows[0],rows[-1],cols[0],cols[-1]):
initial=FULL^line
assert closure(8,initial)==initial
row_union=[0]*256
col_union=[0]*256
for mask in range(1,256):
low=mask&-mask
i=low.bit_length()-1
row_union[mask]=row_union[mask^low]|rows[i]
col_union[mask]=col_union[mask^low]|cols[i]
def cross_with(forced):
total=0
for rm in range(1,256):
sr=1 if bin(rm).count('1')%2 else -1
for cm in range(1,256):
sc=1 if bin(cm).count('1')%2 else -1
used=forced|row_union[rm]|col_union[cm]
total+=sr*sc*(1<<(64-bin(used).count('1')))
return total
cross=cross_with(0)
one=cross_with(diag)
two=cross_with(anti)
both=cross_with(diag|anti)
lower=cross+2*(1<<56)-one-two-(1<<48)+both
upper=(1<<64)-(4*(1<<56)-(2*(1<<48)+4*(1<<49))+4*(1<<42)-(1<<36))
assert (cross,one,two,both)==(34139630997602429,477727147469253,477727147469253,6412123450145)
assert lower==177024301925259284
assert upper==18161310923858378752
small=[]
for n in range(1,5):
full=(1<<(n*n))-1
small.append(sum(closure(n,s)==full for s in range(full+1)))
assert small==[1,7,312,50637]
report=f'lower={lower} upper={upper} cross={cross} small={small}'
print(report)
print(sha256((report+'\n').encode()).hexdigest())5What it produced
- Expected stdout
- lower=177024301925259284 upper=18161310923858378752 cross=34139630997602429 small=[1, 7, 312, 50637] 4916a4f6b35f5b46f591c04dc561e8ac08a0261dcc88bac55ad75b367f9ae426
- Report sha256
- 4916a4f6b35f5b46f591c04dc561e8ac08a0261dcc88bac55ad75b367f9ae426
- Cross family count
- 34,139,630,997,602,428
- Cross and main diagonal count
- 477,727,147,469,253
- Cross and antidiagonal count
- 477,727,147,469,253
- Cross and both diagonals count
- 6,412,123,450,145
- Certified lower bound
- 177,024,301,925,259,300
- Certified upper bound
- 18,161,310,923,858,379,000
- Small board counts
- 1, 7, 312, 50,637
- Report sha256
- 4916a4f6b35f5b46f591c04dc561e8ac08a0261dcc88bac55ad75b367f9ae426
6How it connects
Supports
Recorded for
- problem
7Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
View structured packet
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"relevance": "For Exact spanning-set count for two-neighbor bootstrap percolation on the eight grid, record bpe8c-artifact-closure-and-bound-verifier (“Deterministic closure verifier and inclusion-exclusion certificate”) supplies evidence or a replay used to check the packet. The record states: Standard-library Python checks every base pattern, evaluates the certified bounds, and reproduces the exact counts through side four.",
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"body": "The closure routine scans every vacant vertex, adds all vertices with at least two occupied grid neighbors, and repeats to a fixed point. It checks both long diagonals and all 64 row-column crosses on the eight board. It also checks that removing any one of the four outer lines from the full board produces a fixed point.\n\nFor a forced occupied set \\(F\\), the function `cross_with(F)` counts configurations that contain \\(F\\), at least one complete row, and at least one complete column. It evaluates\n\\[\nC(F)=\\sum_{\\varnothing\\ne A\\subseteq[8]}\n\\sum_{\\varnothing\\ne D\\subseteq[8]}\n(-1)^{|A|+|D|}2^{64-|F\\cup R_A\\cup C_D|}.\n\\]\nThe lower endpoint is the union count for the cross family and the two diagonal supersets. The upper endpoint uses a separate four-event inclusion-exclusion calculation for vacant boundary lines.\n\nAs a closure-routine check, full enumeration gives \\(B_1=1\\), \\(B_2=7\\), \\(B_3=312\\), and \\(B_4=50{,}637\\), agreeing with the candidate record.",
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"from hashlib import sha256",
"",
"def closure(n,state):",
" while True:",
" add=0",
" for r in range(n):",
" for c in range(n):",
" i=n*r+c",
" if state>>i&1:",
" continue",
" seen=0",
" for dr,dc in ((-1,0),(1,0),(0,-1),(0,1)):",
" rr,cc=r+dr,c+dc",
" if 0<=rr<n and 0<=cc<n:",
" seen+=(state>>(n*rr+cc))&1",
" if seen>=2:",
" add|=1<<i",
" if not add:",
" return state",
" state|=add",
"",
"N=8",
"FULL=(1<<64)-1",
"rows=[sum(1<<(8*r+c) for c in range(8)) for r in range(8)]",
"cols=[sum(1<<(8*r+c) for r in range(8)) for c in range(8)]",
"diag=sum(1<<(9*i) for i in range(8))",
"anti=sum(1<<(7+7*i) for i in range(8))",
"assert closure(8,diag)==FULL and closure(8,anti)==FULL",
"for row in rows:",
" for col in cols:",
" assert closure(8,row|col)==FULL",
"for line in (rows[0],rows[-1],cols[0],cols[-1]):",
" initial=FULL^line",
" assert closure(8,initial)==initial",
"",
"row_union=[0]*256",
"col_union=[0]*256",
"for mask in range(1,256):",
" low=mask&-mask",
" i=low.bit_length()-1",
" row_union[mask]=row_union[mask^low]|rows[i]",
" col_union[mask]=col_union[mask^low]|cols[i]",
"",
"def cross_with(forced):",
" total=0",
" for rm in range(1,256):",
" sr=1 if bin(rm).count('1')%2 else -1",
" for cm in range(1,256):",
" sc=1 if bin(cm).count('1')%2 else -1",
" used=forced|row_union[rm]|col_union[cm]",
" total+=sr*sc*(1<<(64-bin(used).count('1')))",
" return total",
"",
"cross=cross_with(0)",
"one=cross_with(diag)",
"two=cross_with(anti)",
"both=cross_with(diag|anti)",
"lower=cross+2*(1<<56)-one-two-(1<<48)+both",
"upper=(1<<64)-(4*(1<<56)-(2*(1<<48)+4*(1<<49))+4*(1<<42)-(1<<36))",
"assert (cross,one,two,both)==(34139630997602429,477727147469253,477727147469253,6412123450145)",
"assert lower==177024301925259284",
"assert upper==18161310923858378752",
"",
"small=[]",
"for n in range(1,5):",
" full=(1<<(n*n))-1",
" small.append(sum(closure(n,s)==full for s in range(full+1)))",
"assert small==[1,7,312,50637]",
"report=f'lower={lower} upper={upper} cross={cross} small={small}'",
"print(report)",
"print(sha256((report+'\\n').encode()).hexdigest())"
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}8Provenance
View source, identifiers, and projection details
- Project
- bootstrap-percolation-eight-count
- Locator
- Inline CPython standard-library verifier prepared and executed on 2026-07-25
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
- Source
- doi.org ↗
- Public record
- R69
- Stable alias
- bpe8c-artifact-closure-and-bound-verifier
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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