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+import RealRooted.InterlacingSequenceBasic
+import RealRooted.QuadraticRoot
+
+open Polynomial
+
+noncomputable section
+
+namespace RealRooted
+namespace HosterStump
+
+/-- Source-level real-rootedness convention from Hoster--Stump, Section 2.
+The zero polynomial is admitted explicitly; every nonzero polynomial splits. -/
+def IsSourceRealRooted (f : ℝ[X]) : Prop :=
+  f = 0 ∨ (f ≠ 0 ∧ f.Splits)
+
+/-- Hoster--Stump's Section 2 interlacing relation. Besides zero endpoints and
+ordinary oriented proper position, the source declares any two polynomials of
+degree at most one to interlace. -/
+def SourcePrec (f g : ℝ[X]) : Prop :=
+  IsSourceRealRooted f ∧ IsSourceRealRooted g ∧
+    (f = 0 ∨ g = 0 ∨
+      (f.natDegree ≤ 1 ∧ g.natDegree ≤ 1) ∨ Prec f g)
+
+/-- Source-faithful interlacing sequences from Hoster--Stump, Section 2 and
+Lemma 2.3. Empty lists are admitted as a harmless Lean extension; unlike the
+weak `IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg`, singleton lists still record real-rootedness. -/
+structure IsInterlacingSeq (fs : List ℝ[X]) : Prop where
+  nonneg : ∀ f ∈ fs, HasNonnegCoeffs f
+  realRooted : ∀ f ∈ fs, IsSourceRealRooted f
+  pairwise : fs.Pairwise SourcePrec
+
+/-- Lower partial sums `[f_0, f_0 + f_1, ...]`, exactly as in Lemma 2.3(2). -/
+def lowerPartialSums : List ℝ[X] → List ℝ[X]
+  | [] => []
+  | f :: fs => f :: (lowerPartialSums fs).map fun g => f + g
+
+/-- Upper partial sums, implemented by reverse/lower-sums/reverse as in the
+existing project formula for Lemma 2.3(3). -/
+def upperPartialSums (fs : List ℝ[X]) : List ℝ[X] :=
+  (lowerPartialSums fs.reverse).reverse
+
+/-- Moving sums of `width + 1` terms from Lemma 2.3(4). The printed tuple ends
+at `r_(n-l+1)`, but its displayed index range gives `n-l` windows; this formula
+uses the displayed range and therefore has length `fs.length - width`. -/
+def movingWindowSums (width : ℕ) (fs : List ℝ[X]) : List ℝ[X] :=
+  (List.range (fs.length - width)).map fun k =>
+    (fs.drop k |>.take (width + 1)).sum
+
+/-- The `X`-shifted split sums from Hoster--Stump, Lemma 2.3(5). -/
+def xShiftedSplitSums (fs : List ℝ[X]) : List ℝ[X] :=
+  (List.range (fs.length + 1)).map fun k =>
+    X * (fs.take k).sum + (fs.drop k).sum
+
+/-- The non-real-rooted polynomial used to check that the old weak sequence
+predicate is insufficient when a zero masks a neighboring entry. -/
+def weakQuadratic : ℝ[X] := C 1 * X ^ 2 + C 1 * X + C 1
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_hasNonnegCoeffs : HasNonnegCoeffs weakQuadratic := by
+  intro n
+  simp [weakQuadratic, Polynomial.coeff_X_pow, Polynomial.coeff_X,
+    Polynomial.coeff_one]
+  split_ifs <;> norm_num
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_ne_zero : weakQuadratic ≠ 0 := by
+  intro h
+  have hcoeff := congrArg (fun p : ℝ[X] => p.coeff 2) h
+  norm_num [weakQuadratic, Polynomial.coeff_X_pow, Polynomial.coeff_X,
+    Polynomial.coeff_one] at hcoeff
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_not_splits : ¬weakQuadratic.Splits := by
+  simpa [weakQuadratic] using
+    (quadraticPoly_not_splits_of_discrim_neg one_ne_zero (by norm_num [discrim]) :
+      ¬((C 1 * X ^ 2 + C 1 * X + C 1) : ℝ[X]).Splits)
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_not_sourceRealRooted : ¬IsSourceRealRooted weakQuadratic := by
+  rintro (hzero | ⟨_, hsplits⟩)
+  · exact weakQuadratic_ne_zero hzero
+  · exact weakQuadratic_not_splits hsplits
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_not_prec0_self : ¬Prec0 weakQuadratic weakQuadratic := by
+  rintro (hzero | hzero | hprec)
+  · exact weakQuadratic_ne_zero hzero
+  · exact weakQuadratic_ne_zero hzero
+  · exact weakQuadratic_not_splits hprec.1.2
+
+lemma weakQuadratic_not_prec0_X_mul : ¬Prec0 weakQuadratic (X * weakQuadratic) := by
+  rintro (hzero | hzero | hprec)
+  · exact weakQuadratic_ne_zero hzero
+  · exact (mul_ne_zero X_ne_zero weakQuadratic_ne_zero) hzero
+  · exact weakQuadratic_not_splits hprec.1.2
+
+private lemma weakInput (fs : List ℝ[X])
+    (hpair : fs.Pairwise Prec0) (hmem : ∀ f ∈ fs, f = 0 ∨ f = weakQuadratic) :
+    IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg fs := by
+  constructor
+  · exact isInterlacingSeq0_iff_pairwise.mpr hpair
+  · intro f hf
+    rcases hmem f hf with rfl | rfl
+    · exact hasNonnegCoeffs_zero
+    · exact weakQuadratic_hasNonnegCoeffs
+
+/-- Checked counterexample for the false weak lower-partial-sum interface. -/
+theorem weak_lowerPartialSums_counterexample :
+    IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg [weakQuadratic, 0] ∧
+      ¬IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg (lowerPartialSums [weakQuadratic, 0]) := by
+  constructor
+  · apply weakInput
+    · simp [Prec0]
+    · simp
+  · intro h
+    have hp := isInterlacingSeq0_iff_pairwise.mp h.1
+    have hout : lowerPartialSums [weakQuadratic, 0] =
+        [weakQuadratic, weakQuadratic] := by
+      simp [lowerPartialSums]
+    rw [hout] at hp
+    have hpair : Prec0 weakQuadratic weakQuadratic := by simpa using hp
+    exact weakQuadratic_not_prec0_self hpair
+
+/-- Checked counterexample for the false weak upper-partial-sum interface. -/
+theorem weak_upperPartialSums_counterexample :
+    IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg [0, weakQuadratic] ∧
+      ¬IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg (upperPartialSums [0, weakQuadratic]) := by
+  constructor
+  · apply weakInput
+    · simp [Prec0]
+    · simp
+  · intro h
+    have hp := isInterlacingSeq0_iff_pairwise.mp h.1
+    have hout : upperPartialSums [0, weakQuadratic] =
+        [weakQuadratic, weakQuadratic] := by
+      simp [upperPartialSums, lowerPartialSums]
+    rw [hout] at hp
+    have hpair : Prec0 weakQuadratic weakQuadratic := by simpa using hp
+    exact weakQuadratic_not_prec0_self hpair
+
+/-- Checked counterexample for the false weak moving-window interface. -/
+theorem weak_movingWindowSums_counterexample :
+    IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg [0, weakQuadratic, 0] ∧
+      ¬IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg (movingWindowSums 1 [0, weakQuadratic, 0]) := by
+  constructor
+  · apply weakInput
+    · simp [Prec0]
+    · simp
+  · intro h
+    have hp := isInterlacingSeq0_iff_pairwise.mp h.1
+    have hout : movingWindowSums 1 [0, weakQuadratic, 0] =
+        [weakQuadratic, weakQuadratic] := by
+      norm_num [movingWindowSums, List.range_succ]
+    rw [hout] at hp
+    have hpair : Prec0 weakQuadratic weakQuadratic := by simpa using hp
+    exact weakQuadratic_not_prec0_self hpair
+
+/-- Checked counterexample for the false weak shifted-split-sum interface. -/
+theorem weak_xShiftedSplitSums_counterexample :
+    IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg [weakQuadratic] ∧
+      ¬IsInterlacingSeq0Nonneg (xShiftedSplitSums [weakQuadratic]) := by
+  constructor
+  · apply weakInput
+    · simp
+    · simp
+  · intro h
+    have hp := isInterlacingSeq0_iff_pairwise.mp h.1
+    have hout : xShiftedSplitSums [weakQuadratic] =
+        [weakQuadratic, X * weakQuadratic] := by
+      norm_num [xShiftedSplitSums, List.range_succ]
+    rw [hout] at hp
+    have hpair : Prec0 weakQuadratic (X * weakQuadratic) := by simpa using hp
+    exact weakQuadratic_not_prec0_X_mul hpair
+
+/-- A singleton is non-vacuous for the source predicate. -/
+theorem weakQuadratic_not_sourceInterlacingSeq :
+    ¬IsInterlacingSeq [weakQuadratic] := by
+  intro h
+  exact weakQuadratic_not_sourceRealRooted (h.realRooted weakQuadratic (by simp))
+
+end HosterStump
+end RealRooted