Round #1090

21 May 2026, 09:38· math· Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct· r13-clean-hints
Complexity
band 0
ZP / UO / OBS
3 / 0 / 0
Journey weight
255
Lightshift ΔL

Prompt

Compute the binomial coefficient C(10, 4). Give the exact integer.

Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)

ZPI-ZPI-0019 | 2026-05-21T09:38:27Z Compute the binomial coefficient C(10, 4). Give the exact integer. ZERO POINT — 3 entries (structural invariants) ● hsl(128.32, 100%, 15%) C(n,k) = C(n-1,k-1) + C(n-1,k) Pascal's rule [contract] ● hsl(334.34, 100%, 15%) row n sums to 2^n [contract] ● hsl(110.37, 100%, 15%) symmetry C(n,k) = C(n,n-k) [contract] UNOBSERVED — 0 entries (implied truths) OBSERVED — 0 entries (explicit in request) COMPLEXITY │ 3 entries │ spread: 0° │ band: LOW

Baseline response (no ZPI)

To compute the binomial coefficient C(10, 4), we can use the formula: C(n, k) = n! / (k!(n-k)!) where n is the total number of items, k is the number of items to choose, and ! denotes the factorial function. In this case, n = 10 and k = 4. Plugging these values into the formula, we get: C(10, 4) = 10! / (4!(10-4)!) = 10! / (4!6!) = (10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1) / ((4 × 3 × 2 × 1) × (6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)) = (3628800) / ((24) × (720)) = 3628800 / 17280 = 210 So, the exact integer value of the binomial coefficient C(10, 4) is: 210

Enhanced response (with ZPI)

```csharp public class BinomialCoefficientCalculator { public static int Calculate(int n, int k) { if (k > n - k) { k = n - k; } int result = 1; for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) { result = result * (n - i) / (i + 1); } return result; } public static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine(Calculate(10, 4)); } } ```

Grader chain

Each grader reads the same baseline + enhanced pair and casts an independent verdict. Disagreement is the framework's own signal — not noise to be averaged away.

V1samba/Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Better
V4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
Better
V5cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507
Better
V7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
Better
V8openai/gpt-4.1
Better
V9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
Same
V12openai/gpt-4o
Better

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