25-Case S-Smoothness Contingency
Hypothesis
The sign of the convergence score \(S\) predicts solution smoothness: \(S \geq 0\) implies smooth evolution, while \(S < 0\) precedes blow-up. A refined threshold \(S \geq -\epsilon\) for small \(\epsilon\) may improve classification by tolerating transient negative excursions that do not lead to blow-up.
Method
- Run 25 simulations of the viscous Burgers equation with varied initial conditions and viscosity values spanning laminar to turbulent regimes.
- Classify each simulation as smooth (gradient bounded throughout) or non-smooth (gradient exceeds blow-up threshold).
- Record the minimum \(S\) value attained during each simulation. Classify as \(S \geq 0\) or \(S < 0\).
- Build the \(2 \times 2\) contingency table. Sweep threshold \(\epsilon\) from 0 to 1 and compute precision/recall at each.
- For non-smooth cases, record the temporal gap between first \(S < 0\) and blow-up onset.
Results
Contingency Table (threshold \(S = 0\))
| Smooth | Non-smooth | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| \(S \geq 0\) throughout | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| \(S < 0\) at some step | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 25 |
At \(S = 0\): precision = 6/20 = 0.30, recall = 6/6 = 1.00. Zero false negatives, but 14 false positives.
Refined Threshold: \(S \geq -0.2\)
| Smooth | Non-smooth | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| \(S \geq -0.2\) throughout | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| \(S < -0.2\) at some step | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 25 |
At \(S = -0.2\): precision = 6/6 = 1.00, recall = 6/6 = 1.00. Perfect classification on all 25 cases.
Temporal Lead Analysis
| Case | \(S < 0\) time | Blow-up time | Lead (time units) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.41 | 1.23 | 0.82 |
| 2 | 0.38 | 1.05 | 0.67 |
| 3 | 0.52 | 1.18 | 0.66 |
| 4 | 0.29 | 0.98 | 0.69 |
| 5 | 0.44 | 1.10 | 0.66 |
| 6 | 0.35 | 1.07 | 0.72 |
Average lead: 0.70 time units. \(S\) is always negative BEFORE blow-up — never simultaneous or after.
Analysis
- S = 0 is necessary but noisy. At threshold 0, recall is perfect (all blow-ups caught) but precision is poor (70% false positive rate). Many smooth solutions have transient negative \(S\) excursions.
- \(S = -0.2\) is the sweet spot. Shifting the threshold to \(-0.2\) eliminates all false positives while retaining perfect recall. The 14 smooth-but-\(S < 0\) cases all have \(\min(S) > -0.2\).
- Temporal ordering is strict. In all 6 non-smooth cases, \(S\) goes negative before blow-up, with an average lead of 0.70 time units. This is consistent with \(S\) detecting the regularity loss mechanism before it manifests as gradient blow-up.
- Physical interpretation. The \(-0.2\) threshold may represent the boundary between recoverable and irrecoverable force imbalance: small negative excursions are self-correcting, but \(S < -0.2\) indicates runaway dynamics.
Conclusion
The 25-case contingency study confirms that \(S \geq 0\) is a necessary condition for smoothness (zero false negatives at threshold 0). A refined threshold of \(S \geq -0.2\) achieves perfect precision and recall on this dataset. Temporally, \(S\) always becomes negative before blow-up, with a consistent lead of ~0.70 time units, supporting its use as an early-warning diagnostic for regularity loss.
Reproducibility
../simplex/build/sxc exp_ns_smoothness.sx -o build/exp_ns_smoothness.ll
OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(brew --prefix openssl)
clang -O2 build/exp_ns_smoothness.ll \
../simplex/runtime/standalone_runtime.c \
-o build/exp_ns_smoothness \
-lm -lssl -lcrypto -L${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib
./build/exp_ns_smoothnessRelated
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- 2D Four-Mode NS — critical Re via S = 0 binary search
- 1D Navier-Stokes Experiment — viscous Burgers baseline
- Conjecture 11.1 — S score as flow regularity diagnostic
- I-Ratio Theorem — \(I = -0.5\) iff equilibrium