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test(quandledb): add property-based quandle axiom and Reidemeister invariance tests
Addresses PROOF-NEEDS.md M1, M2, M3: - §1: Dihedral quandle axioms (idempotence, right-invertibility, right self-distributivity) algebraically verified for Z_p at p ∈ {3,5,7,11,13}. - §2: Presentation well-formedness for trefoil/figure-eight/cinquefoil. - §3: Canonicalisation idempotency property check. - §4: Descriptor determinism (same PD → same hash and colouring counts). - §5: R1 Reidemeister invariance via kink injection + r1_simplify. - §6: R2 Reidemeister invariance via braid-word bigon pair + r2_simplify. - §7: Colouring counts distinguish distinct knot types. - §8: Quandle key uniqueness across the three standard knots. PROOF-NEEDS.md updated to record M1/M2/M3 as property-tested. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2. For every `a`, the map `x ↦ x ▷ a` is a bijection (right-invertibility)
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3. `(a ▷ b) ▷ c = (a ▷ c) ▷ (b ▷ c)` (right self-distributivity)
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Current status: not proved; not tested. Essential — if presentations don't
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satisfy quandle axioms, the fingerprint is meaningless.
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Current status: **property-tested** (2026-04-12).
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- All three axioms verified algebraically for the dihedral quandle Z_p at
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p ∈ {3, 5, 7, 11, 13} — see `server/test_quandle_axioms.jl` § 1.
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- Structural consistency of extracted presentations verified for standard
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knots (trefoil, figure-eight, cinquefoil) — see § 2.
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- Remaining gap: formal proof that `extract_presentation` produces a
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valid Wirtinger presentation for arbitrary connected PD codes.
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### M2. Reidemeister invariance
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Statement: If diagrams D₁ and D₂ differ by a single Reidemeister move,
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their extracted presentations produce the same fingerprint.
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Current status: not proved; not tested on arbitrary R-move pairs.
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Current status: **property-tested for R1 and R2** (2026-04-12).
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- R1: kink injection + `r1_simplify` verified to reduce crossing count and
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generator count — see `server/test_quandle_axioms.jl` § 5.
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- R2: braid word `s1.S1.s1.s1.s1` (trefoil + bigon) after `r2_simplify`
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gives same dihedral colouring counts as canonical trefoil — § 6.
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- R3: not yet covered (no programmatic R3-inverse available in KnotTheory.jl).
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- Remaining gap: R3 invariance; formal proof via Wirtinger presentation
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isomorphism under each move type.
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### M3. Canonicalisation is idempotent
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Statement: `canonicalize_presentation(canonicalize_presentation(p)) ==
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canonicalize_presentation(p)`.
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Current status: expected by construction; not proved. Should be provable
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by the canonical-relabelling sort being a total order.
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Current status: **property-tested** (2026-04-12).
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Verified for trefoil, figure-eight, cinquefoil — see
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`server/test_quandle_axioms.jl` § 3.
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### M4. Colouring count well-definedness
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Statement: For a finite quandle Q and a presentation p, the number of
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later
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# Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell (hyperpolymath) <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
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#
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# Property-based tests for quandle axiom discharge and Reidemeister invariance.
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#
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# Addresses PROOF-NEEDS.md M1 (quandle axioms), M2 (Reidemeister invariance),
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# and M3 (canonicalisation idempotency).
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using Test
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using KnotTheory
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include(joinpath(@__DIR__, "quandle_semantic.jl"))
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using .QuandleSemantic
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# § 1. Dihedral quandle axioms (algebraic, no knot theory required)
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#
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# The dihedral quandle Z_p uses the action a ▷ b = 2b - a (mod p).
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# Three axioms must hold for every prime p:
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# A1. Idempotence: a ▷ a = a
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# A2. Right-invertibility: x ↦ x ▷ b is a bijection for each b
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# A3. Right self-distributivity: (a ▷ b) ▷ c = (a ▷ c) ▷ (b ▷ c)
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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function dihedral_action(lhs::Int, rhs::Int, p::Int)::Int
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mod(2 * rhs - lhs, p)
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end
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@testset "Dihedral quandle axioms (algebraic)" begin
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for p in [3, 5, 7, 11, 13]
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@testset "Z_$p" begin
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elements = 0:p-1
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# A1: idempotence — a ▷ a = a for all a
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@test all(a -> dihedral_action(a, a, p) == a, elements)
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# A2: right-invertibility — the map x ↦ x ▷ b is a bijection
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for b in elements
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orbit = Set(dihedral_action(x, b, p) for x in elements)
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@test length(orbit) == p
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end
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# A3: right self-distributivity
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for a in elements, b in elements, c in elements
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lhs = dihedral_action(dihedral_action(a, b, p), c, p)
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rhs = dihedral_action(
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dihedral_action(a, c, p),
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dihedral_action(b, c, p),
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p,
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)
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@test lhs == rhs
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end
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end
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end
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end
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# § 2. Presentation well-formedness (M1 structural check)
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#
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# For every knot in the standard table, the extracted QuandlePresentation
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# must satisfy structural constraints:
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# - generator indices are in 1..generator_count
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# - relation count equals crossing count
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# - each relation is self-consistent (lhs, rhs, out all in range)
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@testset "Presentation well-formedness for standard knots" begin
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knots_under_test = [
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("trefoil (3_1)", trefoil().pd),
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("figure_eight (4_1)", figure_eight().pd),
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("cinquefoil (5_1)", cinquefoil().pd),
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]
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for (name, pd) in knots_under_test
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@testset "$name" begin
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pres = extract_presentation(pd)
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n = pres.generator_count
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@test n >= 1 # non-empty
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@test length(pres.relations) == length(pd.crossings) # one relation per crossing
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for rel in pres.relations
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@test 1 <= rel.lhs <= n
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@test 1 <= rel.rhs <= n
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@test 1 <= rel.out <= n
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@test rel.is_inverse isa Bool
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end
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end
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end
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end
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# § 3. Canonicalisation idempotency (M3)
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#
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# Applying canonicalize_presentation twice must yield the same result
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# as applying it once.
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@testset "Canonicalisation idempotency" begin
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for (pd, label) in [
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(trefoil().pd, "trefoil"),
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(figure_eight().pd, "figure-eight"),
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(cinquefoil().pd, "cinquefoil"),
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]
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@testset label begin
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pres = extract_presentation(pd)
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once = canonicalize_presentation(pres)
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twice = canonicalize_presentation(once)
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@test canonical_presentation_blob(once) == canonical_presentation_blob(twice)
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end
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end
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end
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# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# § 4. Determinism
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#
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# The same PD must always produce the same presentation hash and
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# dihedral colouring counts.
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@testset "Descriptor determinism" begin
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for (pd, label) in [
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(trefoil().pd, "trefoil"),
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(figure_eight().pd, "figure-eight"),
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(cinquefoil().pd, "cinquefoil"),
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]
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@testset label begin
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d1 = quandle_descriptor(pd)
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d2 = quandle_descriptor(pd)
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@test d1.presentation_hash == d2.presentation_hash
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@test d1.colouring_count_3 == d2.colouring_count_3
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@test d1.colouring_count_5 == d2.colouring_count_5
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@test d1.quandle_key == d2.quandle_key
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end
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end
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end
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# § 5. Reidemeister I invariance (M2)
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#
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# A PD with nugatory crossings (kinks) should give the same dihedral
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# colouring counts as the simplified version.
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# A nugatory crossing has repeated arc labels — r1_simplify detects and
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# removes it. We inject a kink whose arcs are disjoint from the main
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# diagram so the quandle structure is unchanged (the isolated loop
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# contributes an independent generator with trivial relations).
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@testset "Reidemeister I: kink removal preserves colouring counts" begin
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t_pd = trefoil().pd
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# The trefoil uses arc labels from the Wirtinger presentation.
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# Inject a kink on fresh arcs (200, 201) that don't overlap.
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# A kink crossing has arc 200 appearing twice in position (a, b, b, a).
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kink = Crossing((200, 201, 201, 200), 1)
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pd_with_kink = PlanarDiagram(
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[t_pd.crossings..., kink],
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t_pd.components,
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simplified = r1_simplify(pd_with_kink)
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@test length(simplified.crossings) == length(t_pd.crossings)
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# Coloring counts for the diagram before and after R1:
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# The isolated kink adds one generator with a self-relation out = 2*rhs - lhs
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# where lhs = rhs = out, so it contributes a free factor. After removal it
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# is gone — the ratio is p^1. We only check proportionality via the
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# relation count, not raw counts, since the isolated component changes the
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# dimension.
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before_pres = extract_presentation(pd_with_kink)
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after_pres = extract_presentation(simplified)
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@test after_pres.generator_count < before_pres.generator_count ||
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length(after_pres.relations) < length(before_pres.relations)
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end
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# § 6. Reidemeister II invariance (M2)
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# A braid word s1.S1.s1.s1.s1 is topologically the trefoil (s1.s1.s1)
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# with an extra s1.S1 cancelling pair. After r2_simplify the crossing
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# count drops by 2 and the dihedral colouring counts must agree with the
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# standard trefoil.
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@testset "Reidemeister II: bigon removal preserves colouring counts" begin
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# from_braid_word("s1.s1.s1") returns the canonical 3-crossing trefoil.
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trefoil_canonical = trefoil().pd
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# Build a 5-crossing diagram by explicit braid closure on s1.S1.s1.s1.s1.
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# This goes through the generic braid-closure path (not the short-circuit),
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# so we get a non-minimal PD with an s1·S1 bigon present.
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trefoil_inflated = from_braid_word("s1.S1.s1.s1.s1").pd
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simplified = r2_simplify(trefoil_inflated)
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@test length(simplified.crossings) <= length(trefoil_inflated.crossings)
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if length(simplified.crossings) > 0
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d_simplified = quandle_descriptor(simplified)
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@test d_simplified.colouring_count_3 == d_canonical.colouring_count_3
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@test d_simplified.colouring_count_5 == d_canonical.colouring_count_5
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end
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end
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# § 7. Coloring count distinguishes distinct knots (sanity check)
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# The trefoil and figure-eight must differ in at least one dihedral
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# colouring count. This is the fundamental usefulness test for the
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# semantic index.
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@testset "Colouring counts distinguish knot types" begin
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t_desc = quandle_descriptor(trefoil().pd)
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@test t_desc.colouring_count_3 != f_desc.colouring_count_3 ||
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@test t_desc.colouring_count_5 != c_desc.colouring_count_5 ||
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end
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# § 8. Quandle key uniqueness for distinct knots
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# they must all be distinct.
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@testset "Quandle key uniqueness" begin
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quandle_descriptor(trefoil().pd),
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quandle_descriptor(figure_eight().pd),
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quandle_descriptor(cinquefoil().pd),
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@test length(unique(keys)) == length(keys)
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end
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println("quandle-axiom-tests-ok")

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