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Validation Infrastructure for Testing Review Results

This directory contains comprehensive validation infrastructure to address the testing review feedback. All statistical claims can now be independently verified using the raw numeric data and validation scripts provided.

Quick Start

# 1. Generate all validation data
cd /home/runner/work/unified-framework/unified-framework
export PYTHONPATH=/home/runner/work/unified-framework/unified-framework
python3 test-finding/scripts/comprehensive_validation.py --quick --n_max 1000

# 2. Run independent validation demonstration
python3 test-finding/scripts/independent_validation_demo.py

Generated Files

Raw Numeric Arrays (NPY format)

All the raw data requested in the testing review:

  • prime_curvature_values.npy - Curvature values for prime numbers
  • composite_curvature_values.npy - Curvature values for composite numbers
  • zeta_spacing_unfolded.npy - Unfolded zeta zero spacings
  • prime_chiral_distances.npy - Chiral distance values for primes
  • composite_chiral_distances.npy - Chiral distance values for composites
  • k_values.npy - Parameter sweep values for k
  • max_enhancements.npy - Maximum enhancement values for each k

Correlation Data (JSON format)

  • correlation_data.json - Complete correlation analysis data including:
    • Raw arrays used for correlation computation
    • Pearson r and p-values
    • Bootstrap confidence intervals
    • Sample bootstrap results

Validation Reports

  • validation_report.json - Comprehensive validation results
  • validation_summary.csv - Summary table of all claims vs observations
  • raw_data_summary.csv - Summary statistics for all arrays

Reproducibility Code

  • reproducibility_code.py - Exact code snippets for independent validation

Key Statistical Validations

1. Pearson Correlation with Bootstrap CI

import numpy as np
import json
from scipy import stats

# Load correlation data
with open('validation_output/correlation_data.json', 'r') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
a = np.array(data['array_a'])
b = np.array(data['array_b'])

# Compute correlation
r, p = stats.pearsonr(a, b)

# Bootstrap CI (10000 resamples)
boots = []
n = len(a)
for _ in range(10000):
    idx = np.random.randint(0, n, n)
    boots.append(stats.pearsonr(a[idx], b[idx])[0])
ci = np.percentile(boots, [2.5, 97.5])
print("r, p, 95% CI:", r, p, ci)

2. KS Statistic Validation

from scipy.stats import ks_2samp
import numpy as np

prime_vals = np.load('validation_output/prime_chiral_distances.npy')
composite_vals = np.load('validation_output/composite_chiral_distances.npy')
stat, p = ks_2samp(prime_vals, composite_vals)
print("KS stat, p:", stat, p)

3. Chiral Distinction (Cohen's d)

import numpy as np

def cohens_d(x,y):
    nx, ny = len(x), len(y)
    s = np.sqrt(((nx-1)*x.std(ddof=1)**2 + (ny-1)*y.std(ddof=1)**2)/(nx+ny-2))
    return (x.mean()-y.mean())/s

x = np.load('validation_output/prime_chiral_distances.npy')
y = np.load('validation_output/composite_chiral_distances.npy')
print("Cohen d:", cohens_d(x, y))

4. Multiple Testing Correction

The comprehensive validation includes:

  • Parameter sweep across k values
  • Bonferroni correction warnings
  • Permutation tests for empirical p-values
  • Bootstrap confidence intervals

5. Permutation Tests

Example permutation test for enhancement claims:

# Shuffle labels 10k times, recompute metric, get empirical p-value
observed_diff = np.mean(prime_vals) - np.mean(composite_vals)
permuted_diffs = []
for _ in range(10000):
    # Shuffle and recompute...
    pass
p_value = np.mean(np.abs(permuted_diffs) >= np.abs(observed_diff))

Validation Results Summary

Based on the current dataset (n ≤ 1000):

Claim Observed Status P-value
Pearson r ≈ 0.93 -0.0099 9.22e-01
KS stat ≈ 0.04 0.0632 6.06e-01
Chiral > 0.45 0.0022 N/A

Note: The current validation uses a smaller dataset (n ≤ 1000) than the original claims. The statistical patterns may emerge more clearly with larger datasets or different parameter ranges.

Robustness Features

1. Raw Numeric Vectors Published

All key statistics now have their underlying numeric vectors available for independent validation.

2. Exact Sample Sizes Reported

  • Prime samples: 168 numbers
  • Composite samples: 831 numbers
  • Correlation arrays: 99 paired values
  • K parameter sweep: 40 values tested

3. Multiple Testing Corrections

  • Bonferroni correction warnings included
  • Permutation tests implemented for empirical p-values
  • Bootstrap confidence intervals for all correlations

4. Control Null Models

  • Permutation tests with shuffled labels
  • Bootstrap resampling for confidence intervals
  • Parameter sweep validation with multiple testing awareness

5. Reproducible Scripts

  • Seeded random number generators
  • Exact parameter specifications
  • Complete dependency lists
  • Step-by-step validation code

Extending the Validation

To validate with larger datasets or different parameters:

# Larger dataset
python3 test-finding/scripts/comprehensive_validation.py --n_max 10000

# Full analysis (includes multiple testing correction)
python3 test-finding/scripts/comprehensive_validation.py --n_max 2000

# Custom output directory
python3 test-finding/scripts/comprehensive_validation.py --output_dir custom_validation

Files and Scripts

Main Scripts

  • comprehensive_validation.py - Generates all raw data and validation results
  • independent_validation_demo.py - Demonstrates how to use the generated data

Output Files Structure

validation_output/
├── *.npy                    # Raw numeric arrays
├── correlation_data.json    # Complete correlation analysis
├── validation_report.json   # Comprehensive validation results
├── validation_summary.csv   # Summary table
├── raw_data_summary.csv     # Statistics for all arrays
└── reproducibility_code.py  # Code snippets for validation

Dependencies

Required Python packages:

pip install numpy pandas matplotlib mpmath sympy scikit-learn statsmodels scipy seaborn plotly

Citation and Usage

This validation infrastructure directly addresses the testing review feedback by providing:

  1. ✅ Raw numeric vectors for all key statistics
  2. ✅ Bootstrap confidence intervals for correlations
  3. ✅ KS test arrays and computations
  4. ✅ Cohen's d effect size calculations
  5. ✅ Multiple testing corrections for parameter searches
  6. ✅ Permutation tests for claimed enhancements
  7. ✅ Complete reproducibility code and documentation

All data files are in standard formats (NPY, JSON, CSV) for easy use with any statistical software.

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