Re-evaluated cost/benefit of Phase 8 vs Phase 9 after distinguishing three
concurrent goals:
• Goal A (Port): ~90% done, ~3 weeks remaining
• Goal B (CGAL): speculative, 12+ months, uncertain submission
• Goal C (Tool): research utility with novel features
Phase 8 full (3–4 weeks) would mostly serve Goal C plus optional Goal B.
Phase 9 (3 weeks) finishes Goal A unconditionally. Building Phase 8 in
full before Phase 9 risks 3-4 weeks of speculative architecture for a
hypothetical CGAL submission.
New strategy: Hybrid MVP.
Phase 8 MVP (3–5 days):
Conformal_map_traits.h concept + Default<Surface_mesh,K>
Discrete_conformal_map.h ONE entry: _euclidean()
4 named parameters Theta-map, max_iter, tol, pin
Concept-check header + Doxygen
Phase 9a (3–5 days): Inversive-Distance vs MVP API = acceptance test
Phase 9b + 9c (~2 weeks): Port truly complete
Phase 8 extensions: Only on concrete trigger
8a.2 generic FaceGraph trigger: Polyhedron_3 user
8c full doc trigger: submission planned
8d CGAL-format tests trigger: submission planned
8e YAML pipeline orthogonal, any time
Net committed budget: ~4 weeks for "port complete + CGAL MVP",
not 6–8 weeks for full Phase 8 + Phase 9.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Propagates the new baseline (176 passed, 0 skipped) established by the
GradientCheck_Hessian implementation across all documentation files that
previously referenced the stale counts (174/173/170 + 1-2 skips).
Files updated: CLAUDE.md, doc/api/tests.md, doc/contributing.md,
doc/getting-started.md, doc/math/novelty-statement.md,
doc/math/validation.md, doc/math/validation-protocol.md, scripts/try_it.sh
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Testzähler korrigiert: 158 CGAL / 2 skips → 173 CGAL / 1 skip
- Neue Sektion "Key documentation for mathematical context": Tabelle der
wichtigsten Nachschlagewerke für mathematische Aufgaben (discrete-conformal-
theory.md, geometry-modes.md, geometry-central-comparison.md, etc.)
- Kompakter geometry-central Absatz: was es ist, was es nicht hat, warum
Kreuz-Validierung sinnvoll ist — Scope-Information für neue Sessions
- Finder-Duplicates-Quirk entfernt (längst behoben)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Incorporates README, architecture doc, and Java ConformalLab source
structure. Adds:
- Long-term CGAL package goal made explicit
- Language policy: all code/comments/docs in English
- Java-to-C++ porting table (what is done, what is Phase 9, what is Phase 10)
- Java class names as reference anchors for future porting work
- "Natural theta" and gradient-check test patterns
- Halfedge traversal conventions
- CI job table with expected pass/skip counts
- Both remotes (origin + Codeberg) sync requirement
- Known quirks (Finder duplicates, protected main, Boost header-only)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Covers build commands (all three modes), single-test invocation,
header-only architecture, the three geometry modes, Newton solver
sign conventions, layout BFS design, test patterns, CI structure,
and known quirks (Finder ` 2.hpp` duplicates, CGAL compile flags).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
