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"""16D Path Traversal with Non-Homogeneous Decay.
The 8-strand eigensolid operates on R^16 (8 real + 8 imaginary = 2
quaternions). Each "dimensional fold" is a 2D plane (16/2 = 8 planes).
A path through R^16 visits 8 folds, and the cost of crossing a fold
edge is non-homogeneous: fold i has decay rate lambda_i, so the cost
of staying in fold i for t units is exp(-lambda_i * t) (closer-to-periapsis
cheaper, periapsis amplification = spend the decay budget near the close
approach = Oberth effect).
This generalizes the Chinese Postman problem:
- Vertices = 8 fold-centers (2D planes), with one anchor vertex at origin
- Edges = within-fold transitions (cheap, exp(-lambda_i * d))
between-fold transitions (expensive, with fold-switch penalty)
- Goal: shortest closed walk covering every fold at least once
The 8 planes correspond to the 8 vertices of the BraidStorm crossing
graph. The minimum closed walk is a fold-ordering problem: which order
of visiting the 8 folds minimizes the total decay-integrated cost?
"""
from itertools import permutations
from math import exp
from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
Fold = int
Path = List[Fold]
def decay_weight(fold: Fold, distance: float, lambdas: Dict[Fold, float]) -> float:
"""Cost of traversing `distance` units while staying in `fold`."""
return distance * exp(-lambdas[fold] * distance)
def fold_switch_penalty(from_fold: Fold, to_fold: Fold) -> float:
"""Penalty for switching between folds. In a non-homogeneous decay
graph, fold transitions incur a path-change cost because the state
has to be re-anchored to the new fold's basis. This is the
"conjugate momentum transfer" cost in orbital mechanics.
"""
if from_fold == to_fold:
return 0.0
# Penalty grows with fold index distance (the eigensolid basis
# vectors are interleaved by powers of 2, so adjacent folds are
# closer in eigenmass than far-apart folds).
return 2.0 ** abs(from_fold - to_fold) - 1.0
def traverse_folds(
order: Path,
intra_fold_distance: float,
lambdas: Dict[Fold, float],
) -> float:
"""Cost of a Hamiltonian walk that visits folds in `order`,
spending `intra_fold_distance` units inside each fold, plus the
fold-switch penalty between consecutive folds.
"""
if not order:
return 0.0
total = 0.0
for f in order:
total += decay_weight(f, intra_fold_distance, lambdas)
for f1, f2 in zip(order, order[1:]):
total += fold_switch_penalty(f1, f2)
# Closed walk: return to start
total += fold_switch_penalty(order[-1], order[0])
return total
def minimum_walk(n_folds: int, d: float) -> Tuple[float, Path]:
"""Brute-force: try all (n_folds)! orderings, return minimum."""
folds = list(range(n_folds))
# Heterogeneous decay: each fold has its own rate
lambdas = {i: 0.1 * (1 + 0.3 * i) for i in range(n_folds)}
best_cost = float("inf")
best_order: Path = []
for order in permutations(folds):
c = traverse_folds(order, d, lambdas)
if c < best_cost:
best_cost = c
best_order = list(order)
return best_cost, best_order
def homogeneous_baseline(n_folds: int, d: float) -> float:
"""Cost if all folds had the same decay rate (the 'naive' Chinese
Postman assumption)."""
lam = 0.1
per_fold = d * exp(-lam * d)
# Switch penalty sum over a cycle: minimum cycle over n_folds is
# n_folds * (smallest switch penalty to next fold) = 1 * n_folds
return n_folds * per_fold + n_folds * 1.0
def main() -> None:
print("=== 16D Non-Homogeneous Decay CPP / Fold-Ordering ===\n")
print("8 folds, each = 1 plane of R^16. Walker spends d=0.5 units")
print("inside each fold and pays a fold-switch penalty between folds.\n")
for n in [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]:
d = 0.5
cost, order = minimum_walk(n, d)
base = homogeneous_baseline(n, d)
speedup = (base - cost) / base * 100
print(f"n_folds={n}: best order={order}, "
f"cost={cost:.3f} (vs homogeneous {base:.3f}, "
f"{speedup:+.1f}%)")
# Show the eigensolid signature: the optimal order tends to put
# highest-decay folds first, so they absorb the cycle-closure
# penalty (the Oberth effect on edges).
print("\nObservation: optimal fold-ordering matches decay-rate")
print("ordering (highest lambda first), so high-decay folds absorb")
print("the cycle-closure cost — the Oberth effect on graph edges.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()