"""Exact scalar contraction scheduling with at most one split request. All arithmetic uses fractions.Fraction. A fragment (i, a) applies x <- a*x + (1-a)*centers[i]. The product of the fragment retentions for request i equals retentions[i]. This is an enlarged scheduling policy: at most n+1 updates replace n updates. No claim of preserving a gradient-query count or sum of step sizes is made. """ from fractions import Fraction def execute_fragments(centers, fragments, initial=0): """Evaluate a fragment list exactly.""" x = Fraction(initial) centers = tuple(map(Fraction, centers)) for i, retention in fragments: a = Fraction(retention) x = a * x + (1 - a) * centers[i] return x def optimal_one_split_order(centers, retentions, initial=0, target=0): """Globally minimize squared terminal error over all finite fragmentations. Rational retentions must be in [0,1]. The returned policy splits at most one request into two fragments, each with the same target as its parent. The algorithm makes O(n**2) exact rational operations, apart from sorting; all rational operands have polynomial binary length in the input. It also returns the optimal squared error and the full attainable interval. """ centers = tuple(map(Fraction, centers)) retentions = tuple(map(Fraction, retentions)) initial, target = Fraction(initial), Fraction(target) n = len(centers) if len(retentions) != n: raise ValueError("centers and retentions must have equal length") if any(a < 0 or a > 1 for a in retentions): raise ValueError("retentions must lie in [0,1]") minimum_order = sorted(range(n), key=lambda i: -centers[i]) maximum_order = sorted(range(n), key=lambda i: centers[i]) def unsplit(order): return [(i, retentions[i]) for i in order] minimum = execute_fragments(centers, unsplit(minimum_order), initial) maximum = execute_fragments(centers, unsplit(maximum_order), initial) best_endpoint = min(max(target, minimum), maximum) def result(fragments, split_request, swaps): endpoint = execute_fragments(centers, fragments, initial) return { "fragments": fragments, "split_request": split_request, "endpoint": endpoint, "objective": (endpoint - target) ** 2, "optimal_endpoint": best_endpoint, "attainable_interval": (minimum, maximum), "adjacent_swaps_examined": swaps, } if target <= minimum: return result(unsplit(minimum_order), None, 0) if target >= maximum: return result(unsplit(maximum_order), None, 0) # A bubble-sort path increases the endpoint from minimum to maximum. order = minimum_order[:] suffix = [Fraction(1)] * (n + 1) for p in range(n - 1, -1, -1): suffix[p] = retentions[order[p]] * suffix[p + 1] current = minimum swaps = 0 for end in range(n - 1, 0, -1): for p in range(end): i, j = order[p], order[p + 1] if centers[i] <= centers[j]: continue ai, aj = retentions[i], retentions[j] later = suffix[p + 2] increment = later * (1 - ai) * (1 - aj) * (centers[i] - centers[j]) following = current + increment swaps += 1 if increment > 0 and current <= target <= following: lam = (target - current) / increment if lam == 0: return result(unsplit(order), None, swaps) if lam == 1: next_order = order[:] next_order[p], next_order[p + 1] = j, i return result(unsplit(next_order), None, swaps) # Final retention v interpolates the two adjacent endpoints. # The first retention ai/v keeps request i's total unchanged. v = 1 - lam * (1 - ai) first = ai / v # v>0 for an interior interpolation, even if ai=0. fragments = ( unsplit(order[:p]) + [(i, first), (j, aj), (i, v)] + unsplit(order[p + 2 :]) ) return result(fragments, i, swaps) order[p], order[p + 1] = j, i suffix[p + 1] = ai * later current = following raise ArithmeticError("attainable interval was not crossed") if __name__ == "__main__": answer = optimal_one_split_order([-1, 1], [Fraction(1, 2)] * 2) print(answer)