Round #1095

21 May 2026, 09:39· math· Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct· r13-clean-hints
Complexity
band 0
ZP / UO / OBS
3 / 0 / 2
Journey weight
410
Lightshift ΔL

Prompt

Compute the sum of the infinite geometric series 1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + ... Give the exact value.

Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)

ZPI-ZPI-0024 | 2026-05-21T09:39:36Z Compute the sum of the infinite geometric series 1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + ... Give the exact value. ZERO POINT — 3 entries (structural invariants) ● hsl(288.85, 100%, 15%) geometric series sum a/(1-r) for |r| < 1 [contract] ● hsl(125.07, 100%, 15%) 0.999... = 9/10 + 9/100 + ... = 1 [contract] ● hsl(29.83, 100%, 15%) convergence vs divergence test (ratio / comparison) [contract] UNOBSERVED — 0 entries (implied truths) OBSERVED — 2 entries (explicit in request) ◉ hsl(92.31, 100%, 22%) value [feature] ◉ hsl(148.72, 100%, 22%) + [feature] COMPLEXITY │ 5 entries │ spread: 56° │ band: LOW

Baseline response (no ZPI)

```csharp using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Define the first term and common ratio double a = 1; double r = 1/3.0; // Calculate the sum of the infinite geometric series double sumSeries = a / (1 - r); Console.WriteLine(sumSeries); } } ```

Enhanced response (with ZPI)

```csharp public class GeometricSeriesCalculator { public static double CalculateGeometricSeriesSum(double a, double r) { if (Math.Abs(r) >= 1) { throw new ArgumentException("The series diverges because |r| is not less than 1."); } return a / (1 - r); } public static void Main(string[] args) { double a = 1; // First term double r = 1.0 / 3; // Common ratio double sum = CalculateGeometricSeriesSum(a, r); System.Console.WriteLine(sum); } } ``` This C# code calculates the sum of an infinite geometric series using the formula `a / (1 - r)`, where `a` is the first term and `r` is the common ratio. The `CalculateGeometricSeriesSum` method checks if the series converges by ensuring `|r| < 1`. If the series diverges, it throws an exception. The `Main` method demonstrates how to use this function to calculate the sum of the series `1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 + ...`. The output will be `1.5`, which is the exact value of the series.

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
Better
V12openai/gpt-4o
Better

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