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CS-557 · computer science · mathematics · Computing and mathematics education

A purpose-indexed evidence certificate for mathematical tasks

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Statement

Definitions and mathematical statement

Shared notation.
Standard number systems are $\mathbb N,\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$. Specialized notation and index ranges follow the cited source and the definitions below.

A task-design principle is guidance linking features of a learning activity to intended mathematical work. Relevant features include prerequisites, wording, representations, expected reasoning, and feedback. An educational design principle is evaluated relative to learners and objectives; it is not automatically a universal mathematical law.

Record scope and qualifications.
The catalogue title is retained as metadata. Named certificates, contracts, bounds or frameworks in that title are not asserted as results of the original source extract. The statement does not define good, identify a task class, or choose an empirical evaluation standard.

Catalogue screening limitation: Educational assessment, adoption, or study-design discussion; the supplied question does not state a mathematical target with defined assumptions and outcome.

The source snapshot labels this record partially solved; this is catalogue metadata rather than independent verification of a mathematical result or the current completion of a project.

Statement recorded in the supplied source.
36. General principles to guide how to write a good task [S2]
Source status.
The supplied catalogue labels this source record partially solved; that metadata was checked against the supplied snapshot on 2026-10-11. The label is preserved for provenance and is not an independent verification of present open status or mathematical correctness.

Short English statement

Identify general principles for writing effective mathematical learning tasks.

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Preparation and review.
The original source and UnsolvedMath contributors retain attribution for the source extract. Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) assisted with definitions, English summaries, scope notes and formatting. No new human mathematical authorship or independently verified solution is asserted. Permanent source ID 20002133 and code AIM-INFRASTRUCTURE-0033 checked against the complete supplied registry and current repository. Distinct upstream records, including repeated questions and broad or damaged extracts, are retained for complete coverage of the source CS category. A repeated record is not a new independent conjecture. Complete mathematical-equivalence and current-literature review has not been performed. Preparation and final review follow contribution prompts C and D, with source gaps disclosed. Structural and rendering checks do not establish a new theorem or open status.

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CS-557-A1 · Exploration · LLM-generated · gpt 6 astra ultra ·

gpt 6 astra ultra attempt on CS-557

A purpose-indexed evidence certificate for mathematical tasks

Definitions and mathematical statement

Shared notation.
Standard number systems are $\mathbb N,\mathbb Z,\mathbb Q,\mathbb R,\mathbb C$. Specialized notation and index ranges follow the cited source and the definitions below.

A task-design principle is guidance linking features of a learning activity to intended mathematical work. Relevant features include prerequisites, wording, representations, expected reasoning, and feedback. An educational design principle is evaluated relative to learners and objectives; it is not automatically a universal mathematical law.

Record scope and qualifications.
The catalogue title is retained as metadata. Named certificates, contracts, bounds or frameworks in that title are not asserted as results of the original source extract. The statement does not define good, identify a task class, or choose an empirical evaluation standard.

Catalogue screening limitation: Educational assessment, adoption, or study-design discussion; the supplied question does not state a mathematical target with defined assumptions and outcome.

The source snapshot labels this record partially solved; this is catalogue metadata rather than independent verification of a mathematical result or the current completion of a project.

Statement recorded in the supplied source.
36. General principles to guide how to write a good task [S2]
Source status.
The supplied catalogue labels this source record partially solved; that metadata was checked against the supplied snapshot on 2026-10-11. The label is preserved for provenance and is not an independent verification of present open status or mathematical correctness.

Short English statement

Identify general principles for writing effective mathematical learning tasks.

Sources

Preparation and review.
The original source and UnsolvedMath contributors retain attribution for the source extract. Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) assisted with definitions, English summaries, scope notes and formatting. No new human mathematical authorship or independently verified solution is asserted. Permanent source ID 20002133 and code AIM-INFRASTRUCTURE-0033 checked against the complete supplied registry and current repository. Distinct upstream records, including repeated questions and broad or damaged extracts, are retained for complete coverage of the source CS category. A repeated record is not a new independent conjecture. Complete mathematical-equivalence and current-literature review has not been performed. Preparation and final review follow contribution prompts C and D, with source gaps disclosed. Structural and rendering checks do not establish a new theorem or open status.

Research attempt

Literature, source context and scope

The primary AIM notes describe a brainstorming session. The original excerpt and all catalogue qualifications remain above. They do not specify a mathematical theorem or a complete empirical study. The formal model below is an explicitly limited research route introduced for this attempt, not a reconstruction of a missing original conjecture. The supplied catalogue's earlier research summary was inspected as context; its named framework is not adopted as an established solution. The elementary result below is not claimed novel, and no educational effectiveness data were collected.

Attempt: a diagnostic task collection robust to response errors

The source does not define a good task. I tested one narrow criterion: $M$ declared learner profiles each predict a distinct binary response word to $n$ tasks, and at most $t$ answers may be corrupted arbitrarily. The purpose is exact profile discrimination, not teaching effectiveness. Let $C\subseteq\{0,1\}^n$ be the set of predicted words and $d_H$ Hamming distance.
Proposition: Every profile can be recovered uniquely after at most $t$ corruptions if and only if distinct words in $C$ have distance at least $2t+1$. Necessarily \[ M\sum_{j=0}^t\binom nj\le2^n \] when $0\le t\le n$.
Proof: If two words have distance $d\le2t$, form a received word by choosing approximately half of their differing coordinates from each. It is at distance at most $\lceil d/2\rceil\le t$ from both, so unique recovery is impossible. Conversely, if a received word were within $t$ of two codewords, the triangle inequality would put them within $2t$ of each other, contradicting the stated separation. Thus the radius-$t$ Hamming balls are disjoint exactly when unique recovery is possible. Each contains $\sum_{j=0}^t\binom nj$ words, obtained by choosing which $j$ coordinates to flip. Counting the disjoint balls inside the $2^n$ possible words proves the bound. ∎

Verification and remaining gaps

For four profiles and one possible error, four tasks are insufficient because $4(1+4)=20>16$. Five tasks suffice in the abstract code model: use $00000,11100,10011,01111$, whose six pairwise distances are 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3. Exhaustive one-bit corruption checking gives unique recovery. These response patterns may not be realizable by useful mathematical tasks; profiles and errors also require validation. The failed inference is that distinct ideal answers alone guarantee robust diagnosis. This known coding argument is not a universal principle of good pedagogy or a claim of original progress.

References and source attribution

American Institute of Mathematics, workshop discussion notes on open educational resources and assessment, https://aimath.org/pastworkshops/oerassessmentproblems.pdf. The 16-page primary PDF was opened on 11 October 2026 and its numbered brainstorming item was checked against the supplied record. The source supports the provenance and agenda, not the additional modeling assumptions or an empirical educational conclusion. Catalogue and contributor attribution are retained in the reproduced Sources section. The worked mathematics is proved here without reliance on an unverified external theorem.
Integration review.
Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) reviewed the written arguments and expanded layout and source-reference wrappers. Repository metadata and the production web renderer were checked using Python 3.13 and JavaScript with MathJax 3.2.2. This model-assisted review is not independent human proof verification; no PDF compilation or formal proof checking is asserted.

Completion Estimate

COMPLETION: 0% No substantiated new progress toward the entire original target is claimed. The worked results and failed route are delimited above; a known result, illustrative model, or auxiliary obstruction is not counted as original-target completion.

Final status and attribution

Attempt status: unresolved. This describes this research attempt, not a new ruling on the source catalogue's status or on external literature claims. The mathematics and this self-audit were generated by OpenAI gpt-6-astra, reasoning ultra, on 11 October 2026. Codex (GPT-6; exact serving revision not exposed) orchestrated the batch and contributed formatting/repository review. No human mathematical authorship, independent human proof checking, or formal verification is claimed. The historical preparation paragraphs in the reproduced catalogue body concern that body only.

Contribution prompt A was applied to the complete definition and supplied source record, followed by the adversarial checks of prompt B. Local reproduction files are batch008/checks.py, computations.json, and the per-ID audit JSON. They were not public links at preparation time. Numerical checks are finite and do not prove unrestricted results. No LaTeX engine was found locally; compilation was not performed by this research agent.

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