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T0 — Exact logical training and restart preservation

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VathekProof.T0_tiled_training_equivalence

by ajax · Sep 22, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

formal-verificationgradient-descentmachine-learning

The mission's goal theorem. Fix a deterministic sequence of frames, a valid tile partition per step, and genuine derivative certificates at every pre-update point. Then:

  1. One step. For every logical step index and every training state, the tiled evaluator's loss equals the monolithic loss and its accumulated gradient A+Dh(w0)⊤CA + Dh(w_0)^{\top} CA+Dh(w0​)⊤C equals the monolithic gradient.
  2. Trajectory. The tiled and monolithic evaluators' state trajectories agree over any number of logical steps.
  3. Restart. Saving at any completed update boundary a≤na \le na≤n and reloading the round-tripped structural snapshot preserves the remaining trajectory.

This proves preservation of the specified learning computation in exact arithmetic, including the derivative through frozen components and the complete state required to resume it. It does not prove lower loss, convergence to a useful model, source fidelity, faster execution, or bitwise equality across floating-point schedules.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_VathekFrame
import Definitions.Def_VathekState
import Definitions.Def_VathekAdamW
import Definitions.Def_VathekWitness
Formal statement
namespace VathekProof

/-- **T0 — Exact logical training and restart preservation** (white paper §5, Eq. (5)
and (6); the mission's goal theorem).  Fix a deterministic sequence of frames, a valid
tile partition per step, and genuine derivative certificates at every pre-update
point.  Then:

1. for every logical step, the tiled evaluator and the monolithic evaluator compute
   the same loss and the same parameter gradient;
2. the two evaluators' state trajectories agree over any number of steps; and
3. saving at any completed update boundary `a ≤ n` and reloading the round-tripped
   snapshot preserves the remaining trajectory.

This proves preservation of the specified learning computation in exact arithmetic.
It does not prove lower loss, convergence, source fidelity, faster execution, or
bitwise equality across floating-point schedules. -/
theorem T0_tiled_training_equivalence (d m : ℕ) (ι : Type*) [DecidableEq ι]
    (ξ : ℕ → Frame d m ι) (𝔅 : ℕ → List (Finset ι))
    (hpart : ∀ k, IsTilePartition (ξ k).I (𝔅 k))
    (Dof : ∀ (k : ℕ) (S : TrainState d), FrameDeriv d m ι (ξ k) S.w)
    (T : Finset (Fin d)) (c : ℝ)
    (U : TrainState d → EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d) → TrainState d)
    (S₀ : TrainState d) (n : ℕ) :
    (∀ (k : ℕ) (S : TrainState d),
        (tileAccum (ξ k).α (Dof k S).val (Dof k S).direct (Dof k S).shared (𝔅 k)).loss
          = frameLoss (ξ k).h (ξ k).f (ξ k).α (ξ k).I S.w
        ∧ tiledGrad (ξ k).α (Dof k S).val (Dof k S).direct (Dof k S).shared
              (Dof k S).h' (𝔅 k)
            = monoGrad (ξ k) S.w)
    ∧ runFrom (tiledRun d m ι ξ 𝔅 Dof T c U) n S₀
        = runFrom (monoRun d m ι ξ T c U) n S₀
    ∧ ∀ a ≤ n, runFrom (tiledRun d m ι ξ 𝔅 Dof T c U) (n - a)
          (restore (snap (runFrom (tiledRun d m ι ξ 𝔅 Dof T c U) a S₀)))
        = runFrom (monoRun d m ι ξ T c U) n S₀ := by sorry

end VathekProof
Source
Vathek Graft: A Proof and Evidence Programme, mission-source white paper v1.0, 22 September 2026 (Thomas Davis). Section 5, Theorem T0, Eq. (5)-(6) (goal of Section 14.1).
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · glm-5.3 (independent auditor subagent)

{'text': '{\n "readback": "Setting and hypotheses.\n\nLet d,md, md,m be natural numbers; write W=mathbbRdW = \\\\mathbb{R}^dW=mathbbRd and V=mathbbRmV = \\\\mathbb{R}^mV=mathbbRm for the Euclidean spaces of logical parameters and shared state. Let iota\\\\iotaiota be an arbitrary type (of occurrence indices), assumed to carry decidable equality; it may be finite or infinite, empty or nonempty. The theorem fixes the following data:\n\n- a frame schedule xi\\\\xixi: for each kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN, a frame xik=(hk,,fk,,alphak,,Ik)\\\\xi_k = (h_k,\\\\, f_k,\\\\, \\\\alpha_k,\\\\, I_k)xik​=(hk​,,fk​,,alphak​,,Ik​) consisting of a map hk:WtoVh_k : W \\\\to Vhk​:WtoV (the shared computation), a family of loss maps fk(cdot):iotato(WtimesVtomathbbR)f_k(\\\\cdot) : \\\\iota \\\\to (W \\\\times V \\\\to \\\\mathbb{R})fk​(cdot):iotato(WtimesVtomathbbR), a family of real reduction coefficients alphak:iotatomathbbR\\\\alpha_k : \\\\iota \\\\to \\\\mathbb{R}alphak​:iotatomathbbR (no sign condition is imposed — they may be zero or negative), and a finite occurrence set IksubseteqiotaI_k \\\\subseteq \\\\iotaIk​subseteqiota;\n- a tile schedule mathfrakB\\\\mathfrak{B}mathfrakB: for each kkk, a finite list mathcalBk=(B1,dots,Br)\\\\mathcal{B}_k = (B_1, \\\\dots, B_r)mathcalBk​=(B1​,dots,Br​) of finite subsets (\"tiles\") of iota\\\\iotaiota;\n- the training-state space: a state is a record S=(w,mu1,mu2,t)S = (w, \\\\mu_1, \\\\mu_2, t)S=(w,mu1​,mu2​,t) with parameters winWw \\\\in WwinW, two moment vectors mu1,mu2inW\\\\mu_1, \\\\mu_2 \\\\in Wmu1​,mu2​inW, and a step counter tinmathbbNt \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}tinmathbbN;\n- a set Tsubseteq0,dots,d−1T \\\\subseteq \\\\{0, \\\\dots, d-1\\\\}Tsubseteq0,dots,d−1 of trainable coordinates, a real number ccc (clipping radius; no sign condition), an arbitrary deterministic optimizer map U:textstatetimesWtotextstateU : \\\\text{state} \\\\times W \\\\to \\\\text{state}U:textstatetimesWtotextstate, an initial state S0S_0S0​, and a horizon ninmathbbNn \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}ninmathbbN.\n\nTwo hypotheses are assumed:\n\n1. Valid tile partition at every step. For every kkk: the union of the tiles equals the occurrence set, bigcupBinmathcalBkB=Ik\\\\bigcup_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} B = I_kbigcupBinmathcalBk​​B=Ik​, and the tiles in the list are pairwise disjoint. Empty tiles are permitted (any number of them), as are uneven tiles.\n\n2. Derivative certificates at every pre-update point. For every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS — not merely states reachable from S0S_0S0​ — there is given a certificate for the frame xik\\\\xi_kxik​ at the parameter vector S.wS.wS.w, comprising:\n - a continuous linear map Dhk,S:WtoVDh_{k,S} : W \\\\to VDhk,S​:WtoV, certified to be the Fréchet derivative of hkh_khk​ at S.wS.wS.w;\n - numbers vik,SinmathbbRv_i^{k,S} \\\\in \\\\mathbb{R}vik,S​inmathbbR (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified to satisfy vik,S=fk(i)big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big)v_i^{k,S} = f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big)vik,S​=fk​(i)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big) for every iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​;\n - vectors mathbfaik,SinW\\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S} \\\\in Wmathbfaik,S​inW (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified (for iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​) to be the gradient, at S.wS.wS.w, of the map w\' \\\\mapsto f_k(i)\\\\big(w\',\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big) with the shared value frozen;\n - vectors mathbfsik,SinV\\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S} \\\\in Vmathbfsik,S​inV (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified (for iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​) to be the gradient, at hk(S.w)h_k(S.w)hk​(S.w), of the map umapstofk(i)big(S.w,,ubig)u \\\\mapsto f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, u\\\\big)umapstofk​(i)big(S.w,,ubig) with the parameters frozen;\n - the assertion that each fk(i)f_k(i)fk​(i) is differentiable at the point big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big), for every iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​.\n\n The certificates pin down Dhk,SDh_{k,S}Dhk,S​ and the values of vik,S,mathbfaik,S,mathbfsik,Sv_i^{k,S}, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S}, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S}vik,S​,mathbfaik,S​,mathbfsik,S​ on IkI_kIk​ exactly; outside IkI_kIk​ the three families are unconstrained (such indices never enter the sums below, because the tiles cover exactly IkI_kIk​).\n\nUnder these hypotheses, the theorem asserts a conjunction of three statements.\n\nFirst conjunct — the two evaluators agree at every state and every index. For every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS (this conjunct involves none of T,c,U,S0,nT, c, U, S_0, nT,c,U,S0​,n; the quantification over kkk covers all natural numbers, not only k<nk < nk<n):\n\n**(a) Loss agreement.**\n\n

sumBinmathcalBk;sumiinBalphak(i),vik,S;=;sumiinIkalphak(i),fk(i)big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big).\\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k}\\\\;\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, v_i^{k,S} \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\sum_{i \\\\in I_k} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big).sumBinmathcalBk​​;sumiinB​alphak​(i),vik,S​;=;sumiinIk​​alphak​(i),fk​(i)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big).

\n\nThe left side is the loss slot of a streaming fold that starts from the triple (running loss, running direct vector, running shared vector) =(0,mathbf0,mathbf0)= (0, \\\\mathbf{0}, \\\\mathbf{0})=(0,mathbf0,mathbf0) and processes the tiles of mathcalBk\\\\mathcal{B}_kmathcalBk​ in list order, each tile BBB adding sumiinBalphak(i)vik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i) v_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i)vik,S​, sumiinBalphak(i),mathbfaik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfaik,S​, and sumiinBalphak(i),mathbfsik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfsik,S​ to the three slots respectively. The right side is the monolithic loss of frame kkk, Lk(w):=sumiinIkalphak(i),fk(i)big(w,hk(w)big)L_k(w) := \\\\sum_{i \\\\in I_k} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, f_k(i)\\\\big(w, h_k(w)\\\\big)Lk​(w):=sumiinIk​​alphak​(i),fk​(i)big(w,hk​(w)big), evaluated at w=S.ww = S.ww=S.w.\n\n**(b) Gradient agreement.**\n\n

underbracesumBinmathcalBksumiinBalphak(i),mathbfaik,S;+;big(Dhk,Sbig)mathsfT!Big(sumBinmathcalBksumiinBalphak(i),mathbfsik,SBig)texttiledgradientgk,Smathrmtile;=;nablaLkbig(S.wbig).\\\\underbrace{\\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} \\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S} \\\\;+\\\\; \\\\big(Dh_{k,S}\\\\big)^{\\\\mathsf T}\\\\!\\\\Big( \\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} \\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S} \\\\Big)}_{\\\\text{tiled gradient } g^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{k,S}} \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\nabla L_k\\\\big(S.w\\\\big).underbracesumBinmathcalBk​​sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfaik,S​;+;big(Dhk,S​big)mathsfT!Big(sumBinmathcalBk​​sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfsik,S​Big)texttiledgradientgk,Smathrmtile​​;=;nablaLk​big(S.wbig).

\n\nThe left side is the accumulated direct contributions plus one application of the transpose (adjoint) of the certified shared derivative to the accumulated shared cotangents. The right side, the monolithic gradient, is defined as the Riesz representation vector of the Fréchet derivative of LkL_kLk​ at S.wS.wS.w — a total definition: at a point where LkL_kLk​ is not differentiable, the derivative operator is taken to be zero, so the \"gradient\" is mathbf0\\\\mathbf{0}mathbf0.\n\nSecond conjunct — equality of the two nnn-step runs, for the single fixed horizon nnn. Define two step maps on states:\n\n- tiled step at logical index jjj: S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc(PT(gj,Smathrmtile))big)S \\\\;\\\\mapsto\\\\; U\\\\big(S,\\\\; \\\\mathrm{clip}_c(P_T(g^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{j,S}))\\\\big)S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc​(PT​(gj,Smathrmtile​))big), where gj,Smathrmtileg^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{j,S}gj,Smathrmtile​ is the tiled gradient of (b), computed from the certificates at the current state (all tiles read the same pre-update parameters S.wS.wS.w; no parameter changes between tiles) and the tile list mathcalBj\\\\mathcal{B}_jmathcalBj​;\n- monolithic step at logical index jjj: S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc(PT(nablaLj(S.w)))big)S \\\\;\\\\mapsto\\\\; U\\\\big(S,\\\\; \\\\mathrm{clip}_c(P_T(\\\\nabla L_j(S.w)))\\\\big)S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc​(PT​(nablaLj​(S.w)))big).\n\nHere PTP_TPT​ is the coordinate projection that keeps coordinate j\' when j\' \\\\in T and zeroes it otherwise, and the clipping mathrmclipc\\\\mathrm{clip}_cmathrmclipc​ keeps ggg when lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec and otherwise replaces it by tfracclVertgrVert,g\\\\tfrac{c}{\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert}\\\\, gtfracclVertgrVert,g. In both maps the optimizer UUU is applied exactly once per logical step.\n\nThe iteration convention is: a 000-step run returns the state unchanged; a (j+1)(j{+}1)(j+1)-step run applies the step function once — passing it the logical index jjj — and then iterates jjj more times. Consequently an nnn-step run applies the step map with logical indices n−1,n−2,dots,0n-1, n-2, \\\\dots, 0n−1,n−2,dots,0 in that order: the first executed update consults frame xin−1\\\\xi_{n-1}xin−1​ and tiles mathcalBn−1\\\\mathcal{B}_{n-1}mathcalBn−1​, the last consults xi0\\\\xi_0xi0​ and mathcalB0\\\\mathcal{B}_0mathcalB0​.\n\nThe claim: the state reached after nnn tiled steps from S0S_0S0​ equals the state reached after nnn monolithic steps from S0S_0S0​ — an equality of complete records (parameters, both moment vectors, and step counter). Only the final states are asserted equal, and only at this one fixed nnn (the theorem is universally quantified over nnn from outside, so other horizons are obtained by re-instantiation).\n\nThird conjunct — checkpoint and restart preservation. The snapshot map replaces each of the three vectors of a state by its list of ddd coordinates [x0,dots,xd−1][x_0, \\\\dots, x_{d-1}][x0​,dots,xd−1​] (exact real coordinates, no rounding) and keeps the counter ttt. The reconstruction map rebuilds each vector from a coordinate list by taking the jjj-th entry if the list has one and 000 otherwise — a total decoder (missing coordinates default to 000), though for a snapshotted list of length exactly ddd it is the exact coordinatewise inverse. For every checkpoint step aaa with 0lealen0 \\\\le a \\\\le n0lealen:\n\n

mathrmrunn−amathrmtileBig(mathrmrestorebig(mathrmsnap(mathrmrunamathrmtile(S0))big)Big);=;mathrmrunnmathrmmono(S0),\\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{n-a}\\\\Big(\\\\mathrm{restore}\\\\big(\\\\mathrm{snap}(\\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{a}(S_0))\\\\big)\\\\Big) \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{mono}}_{n}(S_0),mathrmrunn−amathrmtile​Big(mathrmrestorebig(mathrmsnap(mathrmrunamathrmtile​(S0​))big)Big);=;mathrmrunnmathrmmono​(S0​),

\n\nthat is: run the tiled evaluator aaa steps from S0S_0S0​, snapshot, reconstruct, then run the tiled evaluator the remaining n−an - an−a steps (recall n−an - an−a is ordinary natural-number subtraction, well defined since alena \\\\le nalen); the resulting state equals the uninterrupted nnn-step monolithic run from S0S_0S0​. The monolithic side is never interrupted. Note the effect of the countdown indexing convention: the left side consults the frame/tile schedule at indices a−1,dots,0a-1, \\\\dots, 0a−1,dots,0 (first segment) and then n−a−1,dots,0n-a-1, \\\\dots, 0n−a−1,dots,0 (second segment), whereas the right side consults n−1,dots,0n-1, \\\\dots, 0n−1,dots,0; for instance at n=2n = 2n=2, a=1a = 1a=1 the restarted run uses frame index 000 twice while the monolithic run uses indices 111 then 000. The equality of resulting states is asserted as stated.\n\nWhat the quantifiers silently include (edge and degenerate cases).\n\n- n=0n = 0n=0: the second conjunct reads S0=S0S_0 = S_0S0​=S0​; the third conjunct admits only a=0a = 0a=0 (since ale0a \\\\le 0ale0) and asserts mathrmrestore(mathrmsnap(S0))=S0\\\\mathrm{restore}(\\\\mathrm{snap}(S_0)) = S_0mathrmrestore(mathrmsnap(S0​))=S0​. The first conjunct is unaffected by nnn — it is asserted for every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS, including step indices far beyond any run's horizon.\n- Boundary checkpoints in the third conjunct: at a=0a = 0a=0 the checkpoint is the round-trip of S0S_0S0​ itself and n−a=nn - a = nn−a=n steps remain; at a=na = na=n zero steps remain and the claim is that round-tripping the final tiled state already yields the final monolithic state.\n- The certificate hypothesis is global: it demands differentiability data for hkh_khk​ and every fk(i)f_k(i)fk​(i) at the parameter vector of every conceivable state, together with the values and gradients there. The theorem says nothing about when such certificates exist; they are assumed given.\n- Clipping is a two-branch total map: for cge0c \\\\ge 0cge0 it fixes ggg when lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g\\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec (in particular g=mathbf0g = \\\\mathbf 0g=mathbf0 is fixed) and otherwise rescales to norm exactly ccc. For c<0c < 0c<0 the condition lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec can never hold (norms are ge0\\\\ge 0ge0), so every vector is sent to tfracclVertgrVertg\\\\tfrac{c}{\\\\lVert g\\\\rVert} gtfracclVertgrVertg — a vector of norm ∣c∣|c|∣c∣ pointing opposite to ggg; at g=mathbf0g = \\\\mathbf 0g=mathbf0 this uses the convention c/0=0c/0 = 0c/0=0 and returns mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0.\n- TTT may be empty (every update direction is masked to mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0 before the optimizer is applied) or all of 0,dots,d−1\\\\{0,\\\\dots,d-1\\\\}0,dots,d−1 (no masking).\n- If Ik=emptysetI_k = \\\\emptysetIk​=emptyset, the partition hypothesis forces every tile of mathcalBk\\\\mathcal{B}_kmathcalBk​ to be empty; all sums in the first conjunct are empty sums, the monolithic loss is the constant 000, and its gradient is mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0.\n- All equalities are exact equalities of real numbers, vectors, and records; no rounding, tolerance, or floating-point notion appears anywhere in the statement. Nothing is asserted about loss decreasing, convergence, execution speed, or any property of UUU beyond it being a fixed function applied identically in both evaluators."\n}', 'details': {'resolvedPath': '/home/ajax/.omp/agent/sessions/-math/2026-09-22T19-31-08-510Z_01a0ca99-be5e-7000-93c6-dac7c74cc004/RB2-T0.md', 'contentType': 'text/markdown', 'totalLines': 3, 'displayContent': {'text': '{\n "readback": "Setting and hypotheses.\n\nLet d,md, md,m be natural numbers; write W=mathbbRdW = \\\\mathbb{R}^dW=mathbbRd and V=mathbbRmV = \\\\mathbb{R}^mV=mathbbRm for the Euclidean spaces of logical parameters and shared state. Let iota\\\\iotaiota be an arbitrary type (of occurrence indices), assumed to carry decidable equality; it may be finite or infinite, empty or nonempty. The theorem fixes the following data:\n\n- a frame schedule xi\\\\xixi: for each kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN, a frame xik=(hk,,fk,,alphak,,Ik)\\\\xi_k = (h_k,\\\\, f_k,\\\\, \\\\alpha_k,\\\\, I_k)xik​=(hk​,,fk​,,alphak​,,Ik​) consisting of a map hk:WtoVh_k : W \\\\to Vhk​:WtoV (the shared computation), a family of loss maps fk(cdot):iotato(WtimesVtomathbbR)f_k(\\\\cdot) : \\\\iota \\\\to (W \\\\times V \\\\to \\\\mathbb{R})fk​(cdot):iotato(WtimesVtomathbbR), a family of real reduction coefficients alphak:iotatomathbbR\\\\alpha_k : \\\\iota \\\\to \\\\mathbb{R}alphak​:iotatomathbbR (no sign condition is imposed — they may be zero or negative), and a finite occurrence set IksubseteqiotaI_k \\\\subseteq \\\\iotaIk​subseteqiota;\n- a tile schedule mathfrakB\\\\mathfrak{B}mathfrakB: for each kkk, a finite list mathcalBk=(B1,dots,Br)\\\\mathcal{B}_k = (B_1, \\\\dots, B_r)mathcalBk​=(B1​,dots,Br​) of finite subsets (\"tiles\") of iota\\\\iotaiota;\n- the training-state space: a state is a record S=(w,mu1,mu2,t)S = (w, \\\\mu_1, \\\\mu_2, t)S=(w,mu1​,mu2​,t) with parameters winWw \\\\in WwinW, two moment vectors mu1,mu2inW\\\\mu_1, \\\\mu_2 \\\\in Wmu1​,mu2​inW, and a step counter tinmathbbNt \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}tinmathbbN;\n- a set Tsubseteq0,dots,d−1T \\\\subseteq \\\\{0, \\\\dots, d-1\\\\}Tsubseteq0,dots,d−1 of trainable coordinates, a real number ccc (clipping radius; no sign condition), an arbitrary deterministic optimizer map U:textstatetimesWtotextstateU : \\\\text{state} \\\\times W \\\\to \\\\text{state}U:textstatetimesWtotextstate, an initial state S0S_0S0​, and a horizon ninmathbbNn \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}ninmathbbN.\n\nTwo hypotheses are assumed:\n\n1. Valid tile partition at every step. For every kkk: the union of the tiles equals the occurrence set, bigcupBinmathcalBkB=Ik\\\\bigcup_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} B = I_kbigcupBinmathcalBk​​B=Ik​, and the tiles in the list are pairwise disjoint. Empty tiles are permitted (any number of them), as are uneven tiles.\n\n2. Derivative certificates at every pre-update point. For every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS — not merely states reachable from S0S_0S0​ — there is given a certificate for the frame xik\\\\xi_kxik​ at the parameter vector S.wS.wS.w, comprising:\n - a continuous linear map Dhk,S:WtoVDh_{k,S} : W \\\\to VDhk,S​:WtoV, certified to be the Fréchet derivative of hkh_khk​ at S.wS.wS.w;\n - numbers vik,SinmathbbRv_i^{k,S} \\\\in \\\\mathbb{R}vik,S​inmathbbR (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified to satisfy vik,S=fk(i)big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big)v_i^{k,S} = f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big)vik,S​=fk​(i)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big) for every iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​;\n - vectors mathbfaik,SinW\\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S} \\\\in Wmathbfaik,S​inW (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified (for iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​) to be the gradient, at S.wS.wS.w, of the map w\' \\\\mapsto f_k(i)\\\\big(w\',\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big) with the shared value frozen;\n - vectors mathbfsik,SinV\\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S} \\\\in Vmathbfsik,S​inV (iiniotai \\\\in \\\\iotaiiniota), certified (for iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​) to be the gradient, at hk(S.w)h_k(S.w)hk​(S.w), of the map umapstofk(i)big(S.w,,ubig)u \\\\mapsto f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, u\\\\big)umapstofk​(i)big(S.w,,ubig) with the parameters frozen;\n - the assertion that each fk(i)f_k(i)fk​(i) is differentiable at the point big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big), for every iinIki \\\\in I_kiinIk​.\n\n The certificates pin down Dhk,SDh_{k,S}Dhk,S​ and the values of vik,S,mathbfaik,S,mathbfsik,Sv_i^{k,S}, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S}, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S}vik,S​,mathbfaik,S​,mathbfsik,S​ on IkI_kIk​ exactly; outside IkI_kIk​ the three families are unconstrained (such indices never enter the sums below, because the tiles cover exactly IkI_kIk​).\n\nUnder these hypotheses, the theorem asserts a conjunction of three statements.\n\nFirst conjunct — the two evaluators agree at every state and every index. For every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS (this conjunct involves none of T,c,U,S0,nT, c, U, S_0, nT,c,U,S0​,n; the quantification over kkk covers all natural numbers, not only k<nk < nk<n):\n\n**(a) Loss agreement.**\n\n

sumBinmathcalBk;sumiinBalphak(i),vik,S;=;sumiinIkalphak(i),fk(i)big(S.w,,hk(S.w)big).\\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k}\\\\;\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, v_i^{k,S} \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\sum_{i \\\\in I_k} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, f_k(i)\\\\big(S.w,\\\\, h_k(S.w)\\\\big).sumBinmathcalBk​​;sumiinB​alphak​(i),vik,S​;=;sumiinIk​​alphak​(i),fk​(i)big(S.w,,hk​(S.w)big).

\n\nThe left side is the loss slot of a streaming fold that starts from the triple (running loss, running direct vector, running shared vector) =(0,mathbf0,mathbf0)= (0, \\\\mathbf{0}, \\\\mathbf{0})=(0,mathbf0,mathbf0) and processes the tiles of mathcalBk\\\\mathcal{B}_kmathcalBk​ in list order, each tile BBB adding sumiinBalphak(i)vik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i) v_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i)vik,S​, sumiinBalphak(i),mathbfaik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfaik,S​, and sumiinBalphak(i),mathbfsik,S\\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S}sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfsik,S​ to the three slots respectively. The right side is the monolithic loss of frame kkk, Lk(w):=sumiinIkalphak(i),fk(i)big(w,hk(w)big)L_k(w) := \\\\sum_{i \\\\in I_k} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, f_k(i)\\\\big(w, h_k(w)\\\\big)Lk​(w):=sumiinIk​​alphak​(i),fk​(i)big(w,hk​(w)big), evaluated at w=S.ww = S.ww=S.w.\n\n**(b) Gradient agreement.**\n\n

underbracesumBinmathcalBksumiinBalphak(i),mathbfaik,S;+;big(Dhk,Sbig)mathsfT!Big(sumBinmathcalBksumiinBalphak(i),mathbfsik,SBig)texttiledgradientgk,Smathrmtile;=;nablaLkbig(S.wbig).\\\\underbrace{\\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} \\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{a}_i^{k,S} \\\\;+\\\\; \\\\big(Dh_{k,S}\\\\big)^{\\\\mathsf T}\\\\!\\\\Big( \\\\sum_{B \\\\in \\\\mathcal{B}_k} \\\\sum_{i \\\\in B} \\\\alpha_k(i)\\\\, \\\\mathbf{s}_i^{k,S} \\\\Big)}_{\\\\text{tiled gradient } g^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{k,S}} \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\nabla L_k\\\\big(S.w\\\\big).underbracesumBinmathcalBk​​sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfaik,S​;+;big(Dhk,S​big)mathsfT!Big(sumBinmathcalBk​​sumiinB​alphak​(i),mathbfsik,S​Big)texttiledgradientgk,Smathrmtile​​;=;nablaLk​big(S.wbig).

\n\nThe left side is the accumulated direct contributions plus one application of the transpose (adjoint) of the certified shared derivative to the accumulated shared cotangents. The right side, the monolithic gradient, is defined as the Riesz representation vector of the Fréchet derivative of LkL_kLk​ at S.wS.wS.w — a total definition: at a point where LkL_kLk​ is not differentiable, the derivative operator is taken to be zero, so the \"gradient\" is mathbf0\\\\mathbf{0}mathbf0.\n\nSecond conjunct — equality of the two nnn-step runs, for the single fixed horizon nnn. Define two step maps on states:\n\n- tiled step at logical index jjj: S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc(PT(gj,Smathrmtile))big)S \\\\;\\\\mapsto\\\\; U\\\\big(S,\\\\; \\\\mathrm{clip}_c(P_T(g^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{j,S}))\\\\big)S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc​(PT​(gj,Smathrmtile​))big), where gj,Smathrmtileg^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{j,S}gj,Smathrmtile​ is the tiled gradient of (b), computed from the certificates at the current state (all tiles read the same pre-update parameters S.wS.wS.w; no parameter changes between tiles) and the tile list mathcalBj\\\\mathcal{B}_jmathcalBj​;\n- monolithic step at logical index jjj: S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc(PT(nablaLj(S.w)))big)S \\\\;\\\\mapsto\\\\; U\\\\big(S,\\\\; \\\\mathrm{clip}_c(P_T(\\\\nabla L_j(S.w)))\\\\big)S;mapsto;Ubig(S,;mathrmclipc​(PT​(nablaLj​(S.w)))big).\n\nHere PTP_TPT​ is the coordinate projection that keeps coordinate j\' when j\' \\\\in T and zeroes it otherwise, and the clipping mathrmclipc\\\\mathrm{clip}_cmathrmclipc​ keeps ggg when lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec and otherwise replaces it by tfracclVertgrVert,g\\\\tfrac{c}{\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert}\\\\, gtfracclVertgrVert,g. In both maps the optimizer UUU is applied exactly once per logical step.\n\nThe iteration convention is: a 000-step run returns the state unchanged; a (j+1)(j{+}1)(j+1)-step run applies the step function once — passing it the logical index jjj — and then iterates jjj more times. Consequently an nnn-step run applies the step map with logical indices n−1,n−2,dots,0n-1, n-2, \\\\dots, 0n−1,n−2,dots,0 in that order: the first executed update consults frame xin−1\\\\xi_{n-1}xin−1​ and tiles mathcalBn−1\\\\mathcal{B}_{n-1}mathcalBn−1​, the last consults xi0\\\\xi_0xi0​ and mathcalB0\\\\mathcal{B}_0mathcalB0​.\n\nThe claim: the state reached after nnn tiled steps from S0S_0S0​ equals the state reached after nnn monolithic steps from S0S_0S0​ — an equality of complete records (parameters, both moment vectors, and step counter). Only the final states are asserted equal, and only at this one fixed nnn (the theorem is universally quantified over nnn from outside, so other horizons are obtained by re-instantiation).\n\nThird conjunct — checkpoint and restart preservation. The snapshot map replaces each of the three vectors of a state by its list of ddd coordinates [x0,dots,xd−1][x_0, \\\\dots, x_{d-1}][x0​,dots,xd−1​] (exact real coordinates, no rounding) and keeps the counter ttt. The reconstruction map rebuilds each vector from a coordinate list by taking the jjj-th entry if the list has one and 000 otherwise — a total decoder (missing coordinates default to 000), though for a snapshotted list of length exactly ddd it is the exact coordinatewise inverse. For every checkpoint step aaa with 0lealen0 \\\\le a \\\\le n0lealen:\n\n

mathrmrunn−amathrmtileBig(mathrmrestorebig(mathrmsnap(mathrmrunamathrmtile(S0))big)Big);=;mathrmrunnmathrmmono(S0),\\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{n-a}\\\\Big(\\\\mathrm{restore}\\\\big(\\\\mathrm{snap}(\\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{tile}}_{a}(S_0))\\\\big)\\\\Big) \\\\;=\\\\; \\\\mathrm{run}^{\\\\mathrm{mono}}_{n}(S_0),mathrmrunn−amathrmtile​Big(mathrmrestorebig(mathrmsnap(mathrmrunamathrmtile​(S0​))big)Big);=;mathrmrunnmathrmmono​(S0​),

\n\nthat is: run the tiled evaluator aaa steps from S0S_0S0​, snapshot, reconstruct, then run the tiled evaluator the remaining n−an - an−a steps (recall n−an - an−a is ordinary natural-number subtraction, well defined since alena \\\\le nalen); the resulting state equals the uninterrupted nnn-step monolithic run from S0S_0S0​. The monolithic side is never interrupted. Note the effect of the countdown indexing convention: the left side consults the frame/tile schedule at indices a−1,dots,0a-1, \\\\dots, 0a−1,dots,0 (first segment) and then n−a−1,dots,0n-a-1, \\\\dots, 0n−a−1,dots,0 (second segment), whereas the right side consults n−1,dots,0n-1, \\\\dots, 0n−1,dots,0; for instance at n=2n = 2n=2, a=1a = 1a=1 the restarted run uses frame index 000 twice while the monolithic run uses indices 111 then 000. The equality of resulting states is asserted as stated.\n\nWhat the quantifiers silently include (edge and degenerate cases).\n\n- n=0n = 0n=0: the second conjunct reads S0=S0S_0 = S_0S0​=S0​; the third conjunct admits only a=0a = 0a=0 (since ale0a \\\\le 0ale0) and asserts mathrmrestore(mathrmsnap(S0))=S0\\\\mathrm{restore}(\\\\mathrm{snap}(S_0)) = S_0mathrmrestore(mathrmsnap(S0​))=S0​. The first conjunct is unaffected by nnn — it is asserted for every kinmathbbNk \\\\in \\\\mathbb{N}kinmathbbN and every state SSS, including step indices far beyond any run's horizon.\n- Boundary checkpoints in the third conjunct: at a=0a = 0a=0 the checkpoint is the round-trip of S0S_0S0​ itself and n−a=nn - a = nn−a=n steps remain; at a=na = na=n zero steps remain and the claim is that round-tripping the final tiled state already yields the final monolithic state.\n- The certificate hypothesis is global: it demands differentiability data for hkh_khk​ and every fk(i)f_k(i)fk​(i) at the parameter vector of every conceivable state, together with the values and gradients there. The theorem says nothing about when such certificates exist; they are assumed given.\n- Clipping is a two-branch total map: for cge0c \\\\ge 0cge0 it fixes ggg when lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g\\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec (in particular g=mathbf0g = \\\\mathbf 0g=mathbf0 is fixed) and otherwise rescales to norm exactly ccc. For c<0c < 0c<0 the condition lVertgrVertlec\\\\lVert g \\\\rVert \\\\le clVertgrVertlec can never hold (norms are ge0\\\\ge 0ge0), so every vector is sent to tfracclVertgrVertg\\\\tfrac{c}{\\\\lVert g\\\\rVert} gtfracclVertgrVertg — a vector of norm ∣c∣|c|∣c∣ pointing opposite to ggg; at g=mathbf0g = \\\\mathbf 0g=mathbf0 this uses the convention c/0=0c/0 = 0c/0=0 and returns mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0.\n- TTT may be empty (every update direction is masked to mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0 before the optimizer is applied) or all of 0,dots,d−1\\\\{0,\\\\dots,d-1\\\\}0,dots,d−1 (no masking).\n- If Ik=emptysetI_k = \\\\emptysetIk​=emptyset, the partition hypothesis forces every tile of mathcalBk\\\\mathcal{B}_kmathcalBk​ to be empty; all sums in the first conjunct are empty sums, the monolithic loss is the constant 000, and its gradient is mathbf0\\\\mathbf 0mathbf0.\n- All equalities are exact equalities of real numbers, vectors, and records; no rounding, tolerance, or floating-point notion appears anywhere in the statement. Nothing is asserted about loss decreasing, convergence, execution speed, or any property of UUU beyond it being a fixed function applied identically in both evaluators."\n}', 'startLine': 1, 'lineNumbers': [1, 2, 3]}, 'meta': {'source': {'type': 'internal', 'value': 'agent://RB2-T0'}}}}

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