#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Validator for problem 058: Universal Formula Improving Keich's Construction Keich's construction gives a Kakeya set with area tending to 0 as n → ∞. This problem asks for a universal formula that improves upon Keich's approach. Expected input format: { "formula": "description of the construction", "test_cases": [ {"n": 64, "area": computed_area}, {"n": 128, "area": computed_area}, ... ] } """ import argparse from typing import Any from . import ValidationResult, load_solution, output_result, success, failure def keich_bound(n: int) -> float: """Compute Keich's construction area bound for n directions.""" # Keich's construction: area ≈ π/8 * (1/log n) # This is a simplified bound import math if n <= 1: return float('inf') return math.pi / 8 / math.log(n) def validate(solution: Any) -> ValidationResult: """ Validate a universal Kakeya construction formula. Args: solution: Dict with formula description and test cases Returns: ValidationResult with comparison to Keich bound """ try: if not isinstance(solution, dict): return failure("Invalid format: expected dict") formula = solution.get('formula', 'not provided') test_cases = solution.get('test_cases', []) if not test_cases: return failure("Need at least one test case to validate") except (ValueError, TypeError) as e: return failure(f"Failed to parse solution: {e}") # Verify each test case improves on Keich improvements = [] for tc in test_cases: n = int(tc['n']) area = float(tc['area']) keich_area = keich_bound(n) improvement = (keich_area - area) / keich_area * 100 improvements.append({ 'n': n, 'area': area, 'keich_bound': keich_area, 'improvement_percent': improvement }) # Check if all cases improve on Keich all_improve = all(imp['improvement_percent'] > 0 for imp in improvements) if all_improve: avg_improvement = sum(imp['improvement_percent'] for imp in improvements) / len(improvements) return success( f"Universal formula improves on Keich by avg {avg_improvement:.2f}%", formula=formula, test_cases=improvements, average_improvement=avg_improvement ) else: failing = [imp for imp in improvements if imp['improvement_percent'] <= 0] return failure( f"Does not improve on Keich for n={failing[0]['n']}", test_cases=improvements ) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Validate universal Kakeya construction') parser.add_argument('solution', help='Solution as JSON string or path to JSON file') parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true', help='Verbose output') args = parser.parse_args() solution = load_solution(args.solution) result = validate(solution) output_result(result) if __name__ == '__main__': main()