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TinyAdder-5: 5-parameter hand-coded transformer for 10-digit addition (AdderBoard submission)
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
TinyAdder-5: 5-parameter hand-coded transformer for 10-digit addition.
AdderBoard submission — hand-coded weights (constructive proof).
Architecture: 2L decoder, d=5→16, 5h+1h, ALiBi slope=log(10).
Unique parameters: BASE=10, K_WEIGHT=960, K_BIAS=-1000, V_W1=0.1, DIGIT_OFFSET=0.5
All other values (embedding, projections, FFN weights) are derived from these 5.
"""
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from math import log
# === Constants ===
NUM_DIGITS = 10
TOKENS = [str(i) for i in range(NUM_DIGITS)] + ["=", "<bos>", "<eos>", "+"]
VOCAB_SIZE = len(TOKENS) # 14
BOS_ID, EOS_ID, EQ_ID, PLUS_ID = 11, 12, 10, 13
# Dimension assignments
EQ_DIM, SPECIAL_DIM, DIGIT_DIM, COUNT_DIM, SCALE_DIM = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
EMBEDDING_DIM = 5
LAYER0_HEADS = 5
ADJUSTMENT_HEAD = 3
SCALE_HEAD = 4
CANDIDATES_START = 5
DIGIT_POS_DIM = 15
LAYER1_D_MODEL = 16
ALIBI_CONSTANT = log(10)
def softmax1(x, dim=-1):
"""Softmax with +1 in denominator."""
exp_x = x.exp()
return exp_x / (1 + exp_x.sum(dim=dim, keepdim=True))
def apply_alibi(seq_len, n_heads, device):
pos = torch.arange(seq_len, device=device)
rel_pos = pos.unsqueeze(0) - pos.unsqueeze(1)
slopes = torch.zeros(n_heads, dtype=torch.float64, device=device)
slopes[ADJUSTMENT_HEAD] = ALIBI_CONSTANT
return slopes.unsqueeze(1).unsqueeze(2) * rel_pos.unsqueeze(0)
def pad_to(x, d):
if x.size(-1) >= d:
return x[..., :d]
return torch.cat(
[x, torch.zeros(*x.shape[:-1], d - x.size(-1), dtype=x.dtype, device=x.device)],
dim=-1,
)
class TinyAdder5LM(nn.Module):
"""
Compliance version:
- has self-attention
- causal/autoregressive masking
- forward(): tokens -> logits over vocab (no argmin inside)
- decoding loop lives outside
"""
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
d = torch.float64
# === THE 5 UNIQUE PARAMETERS (frozen) ===
self.BASE = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(10.0, dtype=d), requires_grad=False)
self.K_WEIGHT = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(960.0, dtype=d), requires_grad=False)
self.K_BIAS = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-1000.0, dtype=d), requires_grad=False)
self.V_W1 = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.1, dtype=d), requires_grad=False)
self.DIGIT_OFFSET = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.5, dtype=d), requires_grad=False)
# === Embedding (dense buffer) ===
# Built from BASE (fixed here); if you truly want BASE-swappability,
# you'd rebuild this when BASE changes.
base = float(self.BASE.item())
digit_scale = base
emb_idx = [[i, DIGIT_DIM] for i in range(1, 10)]
emb_idx += [[EQ_ID, EQ_DIM], [EQ_ID, SPECIAL_DIM], [BOS_ID, SPECIAL_DIM], [PLUS_ID, SPECIAL_DIM]]
emb_val = [float(i * digit_scale) for i in range(1, 10)] + [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
emb = torch.sparse_coo_tensor(
torch.tensor(emb_idx).T,
torch.tensor(emb_val, dtype=d),
(VOCAB_SIZE, EMBEDDING_DIM),
).to_dense()
self.register_buffer("embedding", emb)
# fixed scalar (your original)
self.register_buffer("v0_w3_fixed", torch.tensor(1.0, dtype=d))
@torch.inference_mode()
def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""
x: [B, T] token ids
returns logits: [B, T, VOCAB_SIZE]
"""
B, T = x.shape
device = x.device
d = torch.float64
# Derived (from the 5 parameters)
BASE = self.BASE
DIGIT_SCALE = BASE
FINAL_SCALE = BASE ** 2
V_SHAPE_SCALE = BASE ** 4
PLACE_SCALE = BASE ** NUM_DIGITS # BASE^10
V_W2 = -(BASE + 1) * self.V_W1
V_BIAS_SHIFT = BASE * (1 + self.DIGIT_OFFSET)
K_SPECIAL_SCORE = self.K_WEIGHT + self.K_BIAS # scalar
V_PROJ_SCALE = torch.exp(K_SPECIAL_SCORE - torch.tensor(log(10), dtype=d, device=device))
# projections (scaled)
k0_weight = self.K_WEIGHT
k0_bias = self.K_BIAS
v0_w1 = self.V_W1 / V_PROJ_SCALE
v0_w2 = V_W2 / V_PROJ_SCALE
v0_w3 = self.v0_w3_fixed
# L0 FFN up vals
pv = [(i + float(self.DIGIT_OFFSET.item())) * float(PLACE_SCALE.item()) * float(FINAL_SCALE.item())
for i in range(NUM_DIGITS)]
up0_vals = torch.tensor(pv + [float(PLACE_SCALE.item())], dtype=d, device=device) # [11]
# === Embed ===
h = self.embedding[x].to(dtype=d) # [B, T, 5]
h = pad_to(h, EMBEDDING_DIM)
# === LAYER 0 ATTENTION (causal) ===
q = torch.ones(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, dtype=d, device=device)
k = torch.zeros(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, dtype=d, device=device)
k[..., ADJUSTMENT_HEAD] = h[..., SPECIAL_DIM] * k0_weight + k0_bias
v = torch.zeros(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, dtype=d, device=device)
v[..., ADJUSTMENT_HEAD] = h[..., SPECIAL_DIM] * v0_w1 + h[..., EQ_DIM] * v0_w2
v[..., SCALE_HEAD] = h[..., EQ_DIM] * v0_w3
q = q.view(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, 1).transpose(1, 2) # [B, H, T, 1]
k = k.view(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, 1).transpose(1, 2)
v = v.view(B, T, LAYER0_HEADS, 1).transpose(1, 2)
scores = torch.matmul(q, k.transpose(-2, -1)) # [B, H, T, T]
scores = scores + apply_alibi(T, LAYER0_HEADS, device=device).unsqueeze(0)
causal = torch.triu(torch.ones(T, T, device=device), 1).bool()
scores = scores.masked_fill(causal, float("-inf"))
attn = softmax1(scores, dim=-1).double()
h = h + torch.matmul(attn, v).transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, -1)
# === L0 FFN ===
gate_in = torch.zeros(B, T, 11, dtype=d, device=device)
gate_in[..., :NUM_DIGITS] = h[..., SCALE_DIM:SCALE_DIM + 1]
gate_in[..., NUM_DIGITS] = h[..., DIGIT_DIM]
gate_out = F.relu(gate_in)
up_out = h[..., COUNT_DIM:COUNT_DIM + 1] * up0_vals # [B,T,11]
ffn_hidden = gate_out * up_out
h = pad_to(h, LAYER1_D_MODEL)
h[..., 5:16] = h[..., 5:16] + ffn_hidden
# === LAYER 1 ATTENTION ===
q = torch.zeros(B, T, 1, dtype=d, device=device)
k = torch.zeros(B, T, 1, dtype=d, device=device)
v_weight = torch.zeros(LAYER1_D_MODEL, dtype=d, device=device)
v_weight[DIGIT_POS_DIM] = FINAL_SCALE
v = (h * v_weight).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True) + V_BIAS_SHIFT # [B,T,1]
q = q.view(B, T, 1, 1).transpose(1, 2)
k = k.view(B, T, 1, 1).transpose(1, 2)
v = v.view(B, T, 1, 1).transpose(1, 2)
scores = torch.matmul(q, k.transpose(-2, -1))
scores = scores.masked_fill(causal, float("-inf"))
attn = softmax1(scores, dim=-1).double()
h = h + torch.matmul(attn, v).transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, -1)
# === L1 FFN "V-shape" ===
candidates = h[..., CANDIDATES_START:CANDIDATES_START + NUM_DIGITS]
gate_pos = F.relu(candidates * V_SHAPE_SCALE)
gate_neg = F.relu(candidates * -V_SHAPE_SCALE)
ffn_out = (gate_pos + gate_neg) * FINAL_SCALE
h = pad_to(h, NUM_DIGITS)
h = h + ffn_out # [B,T,10] where argmin used to be the chosen digit
# === Convert to logits over vocab ===
# h has shape [B, T, 10] where the correct digit has the MINIMUM value.
# We need logits where the correct digit has the MAXIMUM value.
#
# Parabolic decode: logits[d] = -scale * (h_d - 0)^2
# Since h[correct_digit] ≈ 0 and h[wrong_digit] >> 0,
# -h^2 gives max at correct digit.
# Normalize: divide by max magnitude so logits are in reasonable range
h_abs = h.abs()
scale = h_abs.max(dim=-1, keepdim=True).values.clamp(min=1.0)
digit_logits = -(h / scale) ** 2 * 100 # Normalized parabolic, correct digit ≈ 0
logits = torch.full((B, T, VOCAB_SIZE), -1e9, dtype=torch.float64, device=device)
logits[..., 0:10] = digit_logits
return logits
def decode_greedy(model: nn.Module, input_ids: torch.Tensor, max_new_tokens: int, eos_token_id: int | None = None):
"""
Generic autoregressive decoding:
- no addition-specific logic
- works for any causal LM that returns logits [B,T,V]
"""
x = input_ids
for _ in range(max_new_tokens):
logits = model(x) # [B,T,V]
next_id = torch.argmax(logits[:, -1, :], dim=-1, keepdim=True) # [B,1]
x = torch.cat([x, next_id.to(dtype=torch.long)], dim=1)
if eos_token_id is not None and torch.all(next_id.squeeze(-1) == eos_token_id):
break
return x
def add(model: nn.Module, a: int, b: int) -> int:
# fixed formatting is allowed; it doesn't encode the answer
s = f"{a:010d}+{b:010d}="
tokens = [BOS_ID]
for ch in s:
if ch == "+":
tokens.append(PLUS_ID)
elif ch == "=":
tokens.append(EQ_ID)
else:
tokens.append(int(ch))
x = torch.tensor([tokens], dtype=torch.long)
# For 0..9,999,999,999 + 0..9,999,999,999 => max 11 digits
out = decode_greedy(model, x, max_new_tokens=11, eos_token_id=None)
result_digits = out[0, -11:].tolist()
return int("".join(str(t) for t in result_digits))
def build_model():
"""AdderBoard API: returns (model, metadata_dict)."""
model = TinyAdder5LM().eval()
metadata = {
"name": "TinyAdder-5",
"author": "JagNL",
"params": 5,
"architecture": "2L decoder, d=5→16, 5h+1h, ALiBi slope=log(10)",
"tricks": [
"5 unique scalar params: BASE=10, K_WEIGHT=960, K_BIAS=-1000, V_W1=0.1, DIGIT_OFFSET=0.5",
"All weights derived from 5 params (embedding, projections, FFN all computed)",
"ALiBi with slope=log(10) for base-10 positional weighting",
"Sparse embedding (13 nonzero entries from BASE×digit)",
"softmax1 (+1 denominator) for selective attention gating",
"Gated ReLU FFN with positional place-value scaling",
"V-shape ReLU (|x|) for digit discrimination in L1 FFN",
"Parabolic logit decode: -(h/scale)²×100, correct digit ≈ 0 → max logit",
"float64 throughout for numerical stability",
],
}
return model, metadata
if __name__ == "__main__":
import random, time
model, meta = build_model()
print(f"Model: {meta['name']}")
print(f"Author: {meta['author']}")
print(f"Parameters (unique): {meta['params']}")
print(f"Architecture: {meta['architecture']}")
print(f"Tricks: {', '.join(meta['tricks'][:3])}...")
print()
print("Sanity checks:")
for a, b in [
(0,0),(1,1),(5,7),(99,1),(999,1),(9999999999,1),
(5555555555,5555555555),(1234567890,9876543210),
(9999999999,9999999999)
]:
r = add(model, a, b)
e = a + b
print(("✓" if r == e else "✗"), a, "+", b, "=", r, "(expected", e, ")")
print("\nFull verification (10K random, seed=2025)...")
rng = random.Random(2025)
edge_cases = [
(0,0),(0,1),(9999999999,0),(9999999999,1),(9999999999,9999999999),
(5000000000,5000000000),(1111111111,8888888889),
(1234567890,9876543210),(9999999999,9999999999),(1,9999999999)
]
random_cases = [(rng.randint(0,9999999999),rng.randint(0,9999999999)) for _ in range(10000)]
all_cases = edge_cases + random_cases
correct = 0
start = time.time()
for i, (a,b) in enumerate(all_cases):
if add(model, a, b) == a + b:
correct += 1
if (i+1) % 2000 == 0:
print(f" Progress: {i+1}/{len(all_cases)} ({correct}/{i+1} correct)")
elapsed = time.time() - start
acc = correct / len(all_cases) * 100
print(f"\nResults: {correct}/{len(all_cases)} ({acc:.2f}%)")
print(f"Time: {elapsed:.1f}s")
print(f"Status: {'QUALIFIED ✓' if acc >= 99 else 'NOT QUALIFIED ✗'}")
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