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  doc/api/contracts.md         — processing unit preconditions/provides table
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# Processing Unit Contracts
Each pipeline unit has explicit preconditions and guarantees.
A pipeline is valid if every unit's preconditions are satisfied by the outputs
of all preceding units.
---
## Contract table
| Unit | Preconditions | Provides |
|---|---|---|
| `load_mesh()` | Valid file path, supported format (OFF/OBJ/PLY) | Manifold, oriented, triangulated `ConformalMesh` |
| `setup_*_maps()` | Triangulated mesh | Initialised property maps; `lambda0` zeroed |
| `compute_*_lambda0_from_mesh()` | `setup_*_maps()` called | `lambda0[e]` set from 3-D edge lengths |
| `check_gauss_bonnet()` | `theta_v[v]` set for all vertices | Throws `std::runtime_error` if Σ(2πΘᵥ) ≠ 2π·χ(M) |
| `enforce_gauss_bonnet()` | `theta_v[v]` set | Σ(2πΘᵥ) = 2π·χ(M) guaranteed; `theta_v` modified |
| `newton_euclidean()` | GB satisfied · DOFs assigned · `lambda0` initialised | `NewtonResult.x` — converged scale factors; `.converged`, `.iterations`, `.grad_inf_norm` |
| `newton_spherical()` | GB satisfied · DOFs assigned · gauge vertex pinned | Same as above |
| `newton_hyper_ideal()` | `assign_all_dof_indices()` called · `lambda0` initialised | Same as above |
| `compute_cut_graph()` | Closed, orientable, triangulated mesh | `CutGraph.cut_edge_flags` — 2g seam edges; `.genus` |
| `euclidean_layout()` | `newton_euclidean()` converged | `Layout2D.uv[v]` · `.halfedge_uv[h]` · `HolonomyData.translations` |
| `spherical_layout()` | `newton_spherical()` converged | `Layout3D.xyz[v]` |
| `hyper_ideal_layout()` | `newton_hyper_ideal()` converged | `Layout2D.uv[v]` · `.halfedge_uv[h]` · `HolonomyData.mobius_maps` |
| `normalise_euclidean()` | `layout.success == true` | Centroid at origin, major axis = x-axis |
| `normalise_hyperbolic()` | `layout.success == true` | Weighted centroid at Poincaré disk origin |
| `normalise_spherical()` | `layout.success == true` | Area centroid at north pole |
| `compute_period_matrix()` | `hol.translations.size() >= 2` | `PeriodData.tau ∈ `; optionally SL(2,)-reduced |
| `compute_fundamental_domain()` | `HolonomyData` (genus 1) | CCW parallelogram `{0, ω₁, ω₁+ω₂, ω₂}` + edge identifications |
| `tiling_neighbourhood()` | `Layout2D` + `HolonomyData` (genus 1) | `(2m+1)·(2n+1)` translated layout copies |
| `save_layout_off()` | `Layout2D` + mesh | OFF file with UV coordinates |
| `save_result_json/xml()` | `NewtonResult` + optional `Layout2D` | JSON/XML serialised result |
---
## DOF assignment conventions
```cpp
// Euclidean / Spherical: pin one vertex, assign sequential indices
maps.v_idx[first_vertex] = -1; // pinned: u_v = 0
int idx = 0;
for (auto v : remaining_vertices)
maps.v_idx[v] = idx++;
// HyperIdeal: all vertices and edges are free DOFs
int n_dofs = assign_all_dof_indices(mesh, maps);
// maps.v_idx[v] ∈ [0, n_v)
// maps.e_idx[e] ∈ [n_v, n_v + n_e)
```
`-1` in `v_idx` or `e_idx` means the DOF is pinned (fixed at its `lambda0` value).
The solver never writes to pinned DOFs. All indexing is 0-based and contiguous.
---
## GaussBonnet — the most common source of failure
Prescribing angles that violate GaussBonnet means no conformal factor can realise the
target metric — the Newton solver will iterate indefinitely without converging.
```cpp
// Option A: verify before solving (throws on violation)
check_gauss_bonnet(mesh, maps);
// Option B: auto-correct (redistributes defect uniformly across all vertices)
enforce_gauss_bonnet(mesh, maps);
```
The target violation is `|Σ(2πΘᵥ) 2π·χ(M)| > tol`. Default tolerance: `1e-10`.