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
BetterV4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
BetterV5cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507
BetterV7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
BetterV8openai/gpt-4.1
BetterV9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
SameV12openai/gpt-4o
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