"source": "## META\n\n<div class=\"ntt-cell-head ntt-role-meta\">\n <span class=\"ntt-difficulty-pill\">Level 1</span>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-row\">\n <span class=\"ntt-role-pill\">META</span>\n <span class=\"ntt-kind-pill\">route nav</span>\n </div>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-title\">Route Guardrails</div>\n</div>\n\nYou are at **step 23 of 27** in the only supported route.\n\nNever choose the next notebook manually from the file tree. Use only the links in this cell and the final handoff cell.\n\n**Immediate navigation**\n- Next notebook: [Professional / 06 Debugging NTT Failures / Lab](lab.ipynb)\n- Previous notebook: [Kyber Mapping / 05 Kyber NTT And Base Multiplication / Studio](../../kyber_mapping/05_kyber_ntt_and_base_multiplication/studio.ipynb)\n- Restart route: [Start Here](../../START_HERE.ipynb)\n\n**Official route chain**\n1. [Start Here](../../START_HERE.ipynb)\n2. [Course Blueprint](../../COURSE_BLUEPRINT.ipynb)\n3. [Foundations / 01 Convolution To Toy NTT / Lecture](../../foundations/01_convolution_to_toy_ntt/lecture.ipynb)\n4. [Foundations / 01 Convolution To Toy NTT / Lab](../../foundations/01_convolution_to_toy_ntt/lab.ipynb)\n5. [Foundations / 01 Convolution To Toy NTT / Problems](../../foundations/01_convolution_to_toy_ntt/problems.ipynb)\n6. [Foundations / 01 Convolution To Toy NTT / Studio](../../foundations/01_convolution_to_toy_ntt/studio.ipynb)\n7. [Foundations / 02 Negative Wrapped NTT / Lecture](../../foundations/02_negative_wrapped_ntt/lecture.ipynb)\n8. [Foundations / 02 Negative Wrapped NTT / Lab](../../foundations/02_negative_wrapped_ntt/lab.ipynb)\n9. [Foundations / 02 Negative Wrapped NTT / Problems](../../foundations/02_negative_wrapped_ntt/problems.ipynb)\n10. [Foundations / 02 Negative Wrapped NTT / Studio](../../foundations/02_negative_wrapped_ntt/studio.ipynb)\n11. [Butterfly Mechanics / 03 Fast Forward CT / Lecture](../../butterfly_mechanics/03_fast_forward_ct/lecture.ipynb)\n12. [Butterfly Mechanics / 03 Fast Forward CT / Lab](../../butterfly_mechanics/03_fast_forward_ct/lab.ipynb)\n13. [Butterfly Mechanics / 03 Fast Forward CT / Problems](../../butterfly_mechanics/03_fast_forward_ct/problems.ipynb)\n14. [Butterfly Mechanics / 03 Fast Forward CT / Studio](../../butterfly_mechanics/03_fast_forward_ct/studio.ipynb)\n15. [Butterfly Mechanics / 04 Fast Inverse GS / Lecture](../../butterfly_mechanics/04_fast_inverse_gs/lecture.ipynb)\n16. [Butterfly Mechanics / 04 Fast Inverse GS / Lab](../../butterfly_mechanics/04_fast_inverse_gs/lab.ipynb)\n17. [Butterfly Mechanics / 04 Fast Inverse GS / Problems](../../butterfly_mechanics/04_fast_inverse_gs/problems.ipynb)\n18. [Butterfly Mechanics / 04 Fast Inverse GS / Studio](../../butterfly_mechanics/04_fast_inverse_gs/studio.ipynb)\n19. [Kyber Mapping / 05 Kyber NTT And Base Multiplication / Lecture](../../kyber_mapping/05_kyber_ntt_and_base_multiplication/lecture.ipynb)\n20. [Kyber Mapping / 05 Kyber NTT And Base Multiplication / Lab](../../kyber_mapping/05_kyber_ntt_and_base_multiplication/lab.ipynb)\n21. [Kyber Mapping / 05 Kyber NTT And Base Multiplication / Problems](../../kyber_mapping/05_kyber_ntt_and_base_multiplication/problems.ipynb)\n22. [Kyber Mapping / 05 Kyber NTT And Base Multiplication / Studio](../../kyber_mapping/05_kyber_ntt_and_base_multiplication/studio.ipynb)\n23. **Professional / 06 Debugging NTT Failures / Lecture** <- you are here\n24. [Professional / 06 Debugging NTT Failures / Lab](lab.ipynb)\n25. [Professional / 06 Debugging NTT Failures / Problems](problems.ipynb)\n26. [Professional / 06 Debugging NTT Failures / Studio](studio.ipynb)\n27. [Course Complete](../../COURSE_COMPLETE.ipynb)\n"
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"source": "## META\n\n<div class=\"ntt-cell-head ntt-role-meta\">\n <span class=\"ntt-difficulty-pill\">Level 1</span>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-row\">\n <span class=\"ntt-role-pill\">META</span>\n <span class=\"ntt-kind-pill\">orientation</span>\n </div>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-title\">Objectives</div>\n</div>\n\nThis final bundle turns common failure modes into visible patterns instead of vague warnings.\n\nFocus:\n\n- wrong sign in wraparound\n- wrong root or wrong zeta\n- wrong BO / NO comparison\n- missing final scaling\n- wrong mental model for the Kyber modulus\n"
"source": "## MANDATORY\n\n<div class=\"ntt-cell-head ntt-role-mandatory\">\n <span class=\"ntt-difficulty-pill\">Level 3</span>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-row\">\n <span class=\"ntt-role-pill\">MANDATORY</span>\n <span class=\"ntt-kind-pill\">explanation</span>\n </div>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-title\">Bad Outputs Have Fingerprints</div>\n</div>\n\nDebugging NTTs is easier when you stop staring at the final vector as one blob.\nEach common mistake leaves a characteristic fingerprint:\n\n- wrong sign flips specific wrapped slots\n- wrong order makes a correct value set appear shuffled\n- missing `n^-1` keeps the shape but scales everything wrong\n- wrong zeta corrupts local pair structure early\n"
"source": "## MANDATORY\n\n<div class=\"ntt-cell-head ntt-role-mandatory\">\n <span class=\"ntt-difficulty-pill\">Level 2</span>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-row\">\n <span class=\"ntt-role-pill\">MANDATORY</span>\n <span class=\"ntt-kind-pill\">quiz</span>\n </div>\n <div class=\"ntt-cell-title\">Retrieval Check</div>\n</div>\n\n1. Which mistake keeps the general shape of the inverse output but leaves every entry too large by a shared factor?\n2. Which mistake often disappears once you apply the correct BO -> NO reorder?\n3. Which mistake shows up earliest in local pair traces rather than only at the very end?\n"
