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# Claim 2: 5 WZ-uncovered identities


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**Claim**: the WZ-uncovered (direct/non-symbolic) route within WZ-LLM proves 5 LCI-Test identities on which the symbolic-only baseline fails.

**Test on this proxy**: 4 identities in my hard tier are classical results that plain symbolic summation (sympy `Sum().doit()`, plus `hyperexpand`/`combsimp`) could not close: Dixon's identity, a central-binomial convolution (sum C(2k,k)C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n), a parametrized inclusion-exclusion identity, and an alternating cube sum. These are exactly the kind of WZ-pair-requiring identities the paper's WZ-uncovered route targets.


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````bash
$ python3 wz_route.py
````

exit 0 · 4.3s


````python title=wz_route.py
"""
WZ-sketch-guided route for identities the naive symbolic-only baseline
(symbolic_baseline.py) could not auto-close.

Mirrors the paper's two-step structure:
  1. Normalize: F(n,k) = term(n,k) / RHS(n)      (requires RHS depend only on n)
  2. Creative telescoping: find G(n,k) with F(n+1,k) - F(n,k) = G(n,k+1) - G(n,k)
     via Gosper's algorithm on the difference D(n,k) = F(n+1,k) - F(n,k).
  3. If found, the WZ certificate mechanically proves the recurrence
     sum_k F(n+1,k) - sum_k F(n,k) = [boundary terms of G], which combined
     with F(n,k) summing to 1 at a base case proves the identity for all n
     by induction -- fully symbolic, no human/LLM creativity needed here.
  4. If Gosper fails, that is a genuine case for LLM-style creative input:
     I hand-derive a certificate from the WZ-pair literature and the script
     *mechanically* verifies it (does not just trust my derivation).
"""
import sympy as sp
from sympy.concrete.gosper import gosper_sum
from identities import IDENTITIES, n, k, x

FAILED_BASELINE = {
    "sum_C(n,k)=2^n", "sum_k*C(n,k)=n*2^(n-1)", "vandermonde_sum_C(n,k)^2=C(2n,n)",
    "sum_k^2*C(n,k)=n(n+1)2^(n-2)", "sum_C(n,k)/(k+1)=(2^(n+1)-1)/(n+1)",
    "dixon_sum_(-1)^k*C(2n,n+k)^3", "central_conv_sum_C(2k,k)*C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n",
    "inclusion_exclusion_sum_(-1)^k*C(n,k)*C(x-k,n)=1", "alt_cube_sum_C(n,k)^3",
}

by_name = {i["name"]: i for i in IDENTITIES}


def normalized_F(ident):
    return (ident["term"] / ident["rhs"]).simplify()


def try_gosper_wz(ident, verbose=True):
    F = normalized_F(ident)
    F_next = F.subs(n, n + 1)
    D = sp.together(F_next - F)
    try:
        G = gosper_sum(D, k)
    except Exception as e:
        return None, f"gosper raised {type(e).__name__}: {e}"
    if G is None:
        return None, "gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate)"
    # G is an antidifference: G(k+1) - G(k) == D(k). Mechanically verify.
    check = sp.simplify(G.subs(k, k + 1) - G - D)
    if check != 0:
        return None, f"gosper result failed mechanical re-check (residual={check})"
    return G, "verified by Gosper + mechanical re-check"


# --- Hand-supplied WZ certificates for identities where plain Gosper (run
# on the naively normalized F) doesn't directly find a certificate. Each
# is mechanically checked below -- these are literature-standard WZ pairs
# (Petkovsek-Wilf-Zeilberger, "A=B"), playing the role the paper assigns
# to the LLM: propose the certificate, let the symbolic engine discharge it.

def certificate_dixon():
    ident = by_name["dixon_sum_(-1)^k*C(2n,n+k)^3"]
    F = (ident["term"] / ident["rhs"]).simplify()
    # Classical Dixon WZ certificate (PWZ "A=B", section 5.4, adapted):
    G = -sp.Rational(1, 2) * F * (n + k) * (3*n - 3*k + 2) * (3*n + 3*k - 1) / \
        ((3*n + 1) * (2*n - 2*k + 1) * (n - k + 1))
    return F, G


def certificate_central_conv():
    ident = by_name["central_conv_sum_C(2k,k)*C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n"]
    F = (ident["term"] / ident["rhs"]).simplify()
    G = F * k * (2*k - 2*n - 1) / (2 * (n - k + 1) * (2*n - 2*k + 1))
    return F, G


def certificate_inclusion_exclusion():
    ident = by_name["inclusion_exclusion_sum_(-1)^k*C(n,k)*C(x-k,n)=1"]
    F = (ident["term"] / ident["rhs"]).simplify()
    G = -F * k * (x - n - k + 1) / ((n + 1) * (n - k + 1))
    return F, G


def certificate_alt_cube():
    ident = by_name["alt_cube_sum_C(n,k)^3"]
    F = (ident["term"] / ident["rhs"]).simplify()
    G = F * k**3 / (2 * (k - n - 1)**3)
    return F, G


HAND_CERTS = {
    "dixon_sum_(-1)^k*C(2n,n+k)^3": certificate_dixon,
    "central_conv_sum_C(2k,k)*C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n": certificate_central_conv,
    "inclusion_exclusion_sum_(-1)^k*C(n,k)*C(x-k,n)=1": certificate_inclusion_exclusion,
    "alt_cube_sum_C(n,k)^3": certificate_alt_cube,
}


def mechanically_verify_certificate(F, G, n_samples=range(2, 8), k_samples=range(-3, 4)):
    """Numerically stress-test F(n+1,k)-F(n,k) == G(n,k+1)-G(n,k) since these
    involve Piecewise/abs-value edge cases that pure symbolic simplify can
    choke on; this is the same kind of finite check a Lean tactic like
    `norm_num`/`decide` would perform per instantiated subgoal."""
    bad = []
    for nv in n_samples:
        for kv in k_samples:
            subs_n = {n: nv, k: kv}
            subs_n1 = {n: nv + 1, k: kv}
            try:
                lhs = F.subs(n, nv + 1).subs(k, kv) - F.subs(n, nv).subs(k, kv)
                rhs = G.subs(n, nv).subs(k, kv + 1) - G.subs(n, nv).subs(k, kv)
                diff = sp.nsimplify(lhs - rhs)
                diff = sp.simplify(diff)
                if diff != 0:
                    bad.append((nv, kv, diff))
            except Exception as e:
                bad.append((nv, kv, f"error: {e}"))
    return bad


if __name__ == "__main__":
    wz_symbolic_pass = []
    needs_llm_cert = []

    for name in sorted(FAILED_BASELINE):
        ident = by_name[name]
        G, detail = try_gosper_wz(ident)
        if G is not None:
            wz_symbolic_pass.append(name)
            print(f"WZ-AUTOMATED PASS: {name}\n   {detail}\n   certificate G={G}\n")
        else:
            needs_llm_cert.append(name)
            print(f"NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: {name}\n   ({detail})\n")

    print("=" * 70)
    print(f"Auto-WZ (Gosper) closed {len(wz_symbolic_pass)}/{len(FAILED_BASELINE)} "
          f"of the baseline failures without any hand-supplied certificate.")
    print("Now checking hand-supplied ('LLM-proposed') certificates for the rest:\n")

    llm_pass = []
    for name in needs_llm_cert:
        if name not in HAND_CERTS:
            print(f"NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: {name}")
            continue
        F, G = HAND_CERTS[name]()
        bad = mechanically_verify_certificate(F, G)
        if not bad:
            llm_pass.append(name)
            print(f"LLM-CERT VERIFIED: {name}  (0/{len(list(range(2,8)))*len(list(range(-3,4)))} residuals nonzero)")
        else:
            print(f"LLM-CERT FAILED for {name}: {bad[:5]}")

    print("\n" + "=" * 70)
    total_hard_and_easy_fixed = len(wz_symbolic_pass) + len(llm_pass)
    print(f"WZ route total: {total_hard_and_easy_fixed}/{len(FAILED_BASELINE)} of the "
          f"baseline's failures resolved "
          f"({len(wz_symbolic_pass)} via automated Gosper-WZ, {len(llm_pass)} via "
          f"hand/LLM-proposed certificate).")

````


````output
NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: alt_cube_sum_C(n,k)^3
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: central_conv_sum_C(2k,k)*C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: dixon_sum_(-1)^k*C(2n,n+k)^3
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: inclusion_exclusion_sum_(-1)^k*C(n,k)*C(x-k,n)=1
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: sum_C(n,k)/(k+1)=(2^(n+1)-1)/(n+1)
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: sum_C(n,k)=2^n
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: sum_k*C(n,k)=n*2^(n-1)
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: sum_k^2*C(n,k)=n(n+1)2^(n-2)
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

NEEDS CREATIVE CERTIFICATE: vandermonde_sum_C(n,k)^2=C(2n,n)
   (gosper found no closed form (needs creative/manual certificate))

======================================================================
Auto-WZ (Gosper) closed 0/9 of the baseline failures without any hand-supplied certificate.
Now checking hand-supplied ('LLM-proposed') certificates for the rest:

LLM-CERT FAILED for alt_cube_sum_C(n,k)^3: [(2, -3, nan), (2, -2, nan), (2, -1, nan), (2, 0, zoo), (2, 1, zoo)]
LLM-CERT FAILED for central_conv_sum_C(2k,k)*C(2n-2k,n-k)=4^n: [(2, 1, 1/4), (2, 2, nan), (2, 3, nan), (3, 0, -1/128), (3, 1, 1/32)]
LLM-CERT FAILED for dixon_sum_(-1)^k*C(2n,n+k)^3: [(2, -3, -1/1680), (2, -2, 19/245), (2, -1, -1347/3920), (2, 0, 136/315), (2, 1, -1069/5040)]
LLM-CERT FAILED for inclusion_exclusion_sum_(-1)^k*C(n,k)*C(x-k,n)=1: [(2, 0, -(x - 1)*(x + 4)/6), (2, 1, (x - 2)*(3*x + 5)/6), (2, 2, nan), (2, 3, nan), (3, 0, -(x - 2)*(x - 1)*(x + 9)/24)]
NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: sum_C(n,k)/(k+1)=(2^(n+1)-1)/(n+1)
NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: sum_C(n,k)=2^n
NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: sum_k*C(n,k)=n*2^(n-1)
NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: sum_k^2*C(n,k)=n(n+1)2^(n-2)
NO CERTIFICATE SUPPLIED: vandermonde_sum_C(n,k)^2=C(2n,n)

======================================================================
WZ route total: 0/9 of the baseline's failures resolved (0 via automated Gosper-WZ, 0 via hand/LLM-proposed certificate).

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**Verdict**: my unaided attempt at the 4 hard identities failed outright — sympy's Gosper algorithm cannot find a certificate for genuinely multi-parameter/creative-telescoping cases (it only solves *indefinite* hypergeometric summation, not full Zeilberger-style creative telescoping over a two-variable ansatz), and the certificates I proposed from memory of the WZ-pair literature all failed mechanical re-verification.

This does **not** refute Claim 2 — it's a data point in the same direction as the paper's own framing: correctly producing a WZ certificate for this class of identity is hard enough that the paper trains a dedicated 8B model (SFT + DAPO on a bootstrapped, Lean-kernel-verified dataset) rather than relying on off-the-shelf reasoning. My result shows that gap is real (an unaided attempt, including mine, fails on exactly this tier), which is *consistent with* needing something like WZ-Prover to close it — but I cannot confirm the specific number (5/100) without the actual model and benchmark.