#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Exact counterexample to Claim 3's constant-step stochastic theorem.""" from __future__ import annotations import json from fractions import Fraction from pathlib import Path ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] def main() -> None: # Phi(theta)=theta^2/2, g_hat=theta+xi, xi in {-1,+1} equiprobably. # With r=1/4, theta_{s+1}=3 theta_s/4-xi_s/4. If m_s=E theta_s # and v_s=Var(theta_s), then m_{s+1}=3m_s/4 and # v_{s+1}=9v_s/16+1/16 exactly. mean = Fraction(1) variance = Fraction(0) rows = [] for s in range(1, 4097): mean *= Fraction(3, 4) variance = Fraction(9, 16) * variance + Fraction(1, 16) grad_sq = mean * mean + variance closed_variance = Fraction(1, 7) * (1 - Fraction(9, 16) ** s) assert variance == closed_variance assert grad_sq >= Fraction(1, 16) rows.append((s, grad_sq)) result = { "schema": "wgf-outer-loop-counterexample-v1", "objective": "Phi(theta)=theta^2/2", "smoothness_L_Phi": 1, "constant_step_r": "1/4", "gradient_estimator": "theta + Rademacher noise", "bias": 0, "variance_sigma_squared": 1, "inner_sampling_error": 0, "exact_iterations": len(rows), "minimum_expected_gradient_squared_after_first_update": "1/16", "limit_expected_gradient_squared": "1/7", "contradicted_epsilon": "any epsilon_opt < 1/4", "claim3_falsified": True, } (ROOT / "outer_loop_counterexample_results.json").write_text( json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n", encoding="utf-8" ) print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()