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ConformalLabpp/code/include/constants.hpp
Tarik Moussa b0946c8704 refactor(constants): centralize magic constants from functionals (N4/N6 audit)
- Add LOG_EDGE_LENGTH_FLOOR (-30.0) for degenerate edge handling
- Add HYPER_IDEAL_SCALE_FLOOR (0.01) for negative-scale clamping
- Add ASIN_DOMAIN_GUARD (1.0 - 1e-15) for asin argument bounding
- Each constant is documented with rationale and units
- Update 4 usage sites: euclidean_functional, hyper_ideal_functional,
  spherical_functional, spherical_geometry
- Add constants.hpp include to hyper_ideal_functional and spherical_functional

282/282 tests pass. Addresses N4 (unnamed magic constants) and N6 (centralize
tolerances) from numerical-stability audit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-31 19:44:39 +02:00

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#pragma once
// Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Tarik Moussa.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
// constants.hpp
//
// Single source of truth for mathematical constants used throughout
// conformallab++. Include this header instead of defining π locally.
//
// All constants are in the conformallab namespace and are constexpr double.
namespace conformallab {
/// π to 30 significant digits (well beyond double precision of ~15-16 digits).
constexpr double PI = 3.14159265358979323846264338328;
/// 2π (full turn).
constexpr double TWO_PI = 2.0 * PI;
// ── Numerical thresholds and bounds (N4/N6 audit) ──────────────────────────
/// Edge length floor for log-scale functionals (euclidean_functional, spherical_functional).
/// exp(-30.0) ≈ 3e-7: edges below this length are treated as degenerate/zero.
/// Rationale: avoids log(tiny) overflow and enforces a minimum edge scale.
constexpr double LOG_EDGE_LENGTH_FLOOR = -30.0;
/// Hyper-ideal scale factor lower bound (hyper_ideal_functional:179-181).
/// If b (scale) becomes negative (infeasible), clamp to 0.01 to keep geometry valid.
/// Rationale: ensures b > 0 maintains the Lorentzian model's causal structure.
constexpr double HYPER_IDEAL_SCALE_FLOOR = 0.01;
/// Domain guard for asin in spherical_l (spherical_geometry:34).
/// Clamps exp(λ/2) to slightly below 1.0 so asin stays in [−π/2, π/2].
/// Rationale: asin(x) is undefined for |x| > 1; this prevents IEEE Inf/NaN.
constexpr double ASIN_DOMAIN_GUARD = 1.0 - 1e-15;
} // namespace conformallab