Gradient-variation bandit optimization — exact source and mechanism audit
Claim 1 is literally mismatched: source Theorem 1 is two-point with prior d², not one-point with prior d³.
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rate cells9/9
Table-1 cells120
coordinate histories100
exact estimator instances360+360
fixed-point/control cells17/17
scientific gatesUniform sampling: max normalized gap 2.3585. Biased-control inflation: at least 7.90×. Estimator error: 3.78e-15.