"""Ring loading problem with 15 pairs (EinsteinArena ring-loading-15, MIT). A(u, v) = min over z_i in {v_i, -u_i} of max_k |sum_{i<=k} z_i - sum_{i>k} z_i| (maximize). Audit: upstream verifier parses exact rationals and enumerates all 2^15 adversary choices; sound. Re-implemented over a common denominator with Python integers (same exact value, faster).""" import math import re from fractions import Fraction from run import Invalid PAT = re.compile(r"^(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:(?:\.\d+)|(?:/[1-9]\d*))?$") def _rat(s): if not isinstance(s, str) or not 1 <= len(s) <= 80 or PAT.fullmatch(s) is None: raise Invalid("values must be nonnegative decimal or fraction strings such as '0.25' or '3/7'") r = Fraction(s) if r.numerator.bit_length() > 64 or r.denominator.bit_length() > 64: raise Invalid("reduced numerator and denominator must fit in 64 bits") return r def check(inst, ans): k = inst["pairs"] p = ans.get("pairs") if not isinstance(p, list) or len(p) != k: raise Invalid(f"pairs must be a list of exactly {k} pairs") uv = [] for q in p: if not isinstance(q, list) or len(q) != 2: raise Invalid("each entry must be a pair [u, v]") u, v = _rat(q[0]), _rat(q[1]) if u + v > 1: raise Invalid("every pair must satisfy u + v <= 1") uv.append((u, v)) den = 1 for u, v in uv: for r in (u, v): den = den * r.denominator // math.gcd(den, r.denominator) U = [int(u * den) for u, _ in uv] V = [int(v * den) for _, v in uv] best = None for mask in range(1 << k): z = [-U[i] if mask >> i & 1 else V[i] for i in range(k)] tot = sum(z) pre, worst = 0, 0 for x in z: pre += x worst = max(worst, abs(2 * pre - tot)) if best is None or worst < best: best = worst return float(Fraction(best, den)), {"exact": str(Fraction(best, den))}