Power Series Radius of Convergence implementation

Binding contract

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Record owner

Guth Instruments

Lifecycle

verified-clean

Evidence ID

t4-033

Effect

Computation or source lookup only

Input and validation requirements

• Division by zero occurs when limsup|cₙ|^(1/n)=0; this must be handled as R=∞, not as an error.
• If the limsup is +∞, the radius is R=0; this convention must be implemented explicitly.
• Endpoint convergence cannot be inferred from R and must be tested separately; the terms must at least tend to zero.
• A ratio-test implementation can fail when cₙ=0, when coefficients change sign, or when the coefficient ratio has no limit; the root-test limsup formula remains the general method.
• The implementation must distinguish the numerical value 0 from missing, malformed, or non-finite coefficients.
• The output label 'interval' is incorrect or ambiguous for complex inputs, where the corresponding object is a disk.

Required corrections

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Inspectable interface fixture

The sample below is evidence for interface and validation tests, not a production implementation.

{
  "inputs": {
    "coefficient_rule": "cₙ=2ⁿ for n≥0",
    "center_a": 3
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "radius_R": 0.5,
    "interval": "(2.5, 3.5)",
    "endpoint_behavior": "Both endpoints diverge"
  },
  "working": "|cₙ|^(1/n)=|2ⁿ|^(1/n)=2. Therefore limsup|cₙ|^(1/n)=2 and R=1/2=0.5. The open radius interval is 3−0.5<x<3+0.5, so 2.5<x<3.5. At x=2.5, cₙ(x−a)ⁿ=2ⁿ(−0.5)ⁿ=(−1)ⁿ, whose terms do not approach 0. At x=3.5, the terms are 2ⁿ(0.5)ⁿ=1, also not approaching 0; both endpoints diverge."
}

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Sources and evidence

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• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche4/tranche4-results.json