rtx-cfd: multigrid-PCG projection — 30x faster, same answers — and the CFD1 refinement study

Falsifier 4 of the Turek–Hron geometry decision fired (the SOR projection
cost 0.09 s/step at 250x41 and an hour per run at 5 mm); this answers it.

solvers::incompressible::poisson: PoissonProblem (cell-centred five-point
SPD operator as per-cell face coefficients + Dirichlet diagonal extra +
active mask) and solve_multigrid_pcg — conjugate gradient preconditioned
by one V-cycle of geometric multigrid: aggregation by 2 per direction (odd
sizes absorbed, coarse cell active iff any child is), the Galerkin coarse
operator for piecewise-constant prolongation / summation restriction,
symmetric Gauss–Seidel smoothing, coarse correction scaled by 2 (Braess's
under-correction of unsmoothed aggregation; scalar, so the preconditioner
stays symmetric and positive on range(A)), L1 TRUE-residual stop with a
stagnation guard. Singular systems are handled per connected component of
the active cells (mean projection and level per pure-Neumann component;
the anchor's component to p[anchor] = 0). PoissonSolverKind::{Sor,
Multigrid} on PisoParameters / EmbeddedParameters; Sor is the default and
its code is byte-for-byte untouched; an unconverged multigrid solve falls
back to the SOR sweeps for that projection.

Verified (poisson/tests.rs, tests/poisson_equivalence.rs):
- PCG iterations to cut the residual 1e-8 on the closed Neumann box at
  32^2..256^2: 4, 4, 4, 4; ragged masked domains 8/8/8;
- manufactured recoveries to ~1e-14; Galerkin identity A_c v = R A P v to
  7e-15 on every level (masked, outlet column, non-uniform conductances);
  V-cycle symmetric to 1e-14; NaN-poisoned inactive cells untouched;
- two Neumann components with opposite imbalances, and a Dirichlet
  component beside an imbalanced Neumann one (review scenarios): converge,
  each component right up to its own constant;
- speed vs plain SOR at the same stop: 22.7x (128^2), 41x (256^2);
- same answers as SOR: PISO MMS 4.6e-8 relative, Taylor–Green divergence
  1.4e-9 every step, embedded-circle MMS 7e-8, no-body bit-identity with MG
  on both solvers, channel+outlet+circle 1.4e-10; CFD1 loads identical to
  four digits at 0.003 s/step vs 0.094 (30x).

CFD1 refinement study (tests/turek_hron_cfd.rs, three grids, 257 s):
h = 10 / 6.6 / 5 mm -> control-volume drag 15.6156 / 15.2829 / 15.0988 vs
14.2929 (+9.25 / +6.93 / +5.64%), apparent order 0.71, Richardson
extrapolate 14.04; surface route and lift not monotone (flag 2/3/4 cells
thick) — the test asserts the measured band at the finest grid.

Built with a 4-agent workflow (core, integration, refinement study,
adversarial review); the review found no defects and four risks, three
fixed here (per-component projection, one symmetric smoother-sweep
parameter, acting on `converged` with an SOR fallback) and one recorded
(isotropic aggregation loses grid-independence on anisotropic cells).

rtx-cfd 301 -> 318 green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>

crates/specialized/rtx-cfd/src/solvers/incompressible/poisson/tests.rs

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+//! Unit tests of the multigrid-preconditioned CG Poisson solver — each one
+//! a claim a wrong solver fails: manufactured solutions recovered to
+//! rounding, anchor semantics exact, inactive cells untouched, the Galerkin
+//! coarse operator identical to `R A P`, the V-cycle symmetric, the
+//! iteration count grid-independent, and the timing against plain SOR.
+
+use super::*;
+use std::f64::consts::PI;
+
+/// Deterministic pseudo-random numbers in `[-1, 1)` (no crate version
+/// dependence in the tests).
+struct Lcg(u64);
+impl Lcg {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> f64 {
+        self.0 = self
+            .0
+            .wrapping_mul(6_364_136_223_846_793_005)
+            .wrapping_add(1_442_695_040_888_963_407);
+        ((self.0 >> 11) as f64 / (1u64 << 53) as f64).mul_add(2.0, -1.0)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Unit-conductance five-point problem on an `nx × ny` grid: coefficient
+/// 1 across every face between two active cells, zero across a domain
+/// edge or a non-active face. `dirichlet_sides`: `[left, right, bottom,
+/// top]` edges carry `p = 0` half a cell outside (`extra_diag += 2`).
+fn assemble(
+    nx: usize,
+    ny: usize,
+    active: impl Fn(usize, usize) -> bool,
+    dirichlet_sides: [bool; 4],
+) -> PoissonProblem {
+    let mut pr = PoissonProblem::new(nx, ny);
+    for j in 0..ny {
+        for i in 0..nx {
+            pr.active[j * nx + i] = active(j, i);
+        }
+    }
+    for j in 0..ny {
+        for i in 0..nx {
+            let idx = j * nx + i;
+            if !pr.active[idx] {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if i + 1 < nx {
+                if pr.active[idx + 1] {
+                    pr.ae[idx] = 1.0;
+                }
+            } else if dirichlet_sides[1] {
+                pr.extra_diag[idx] += 2.0;
+            }
+            if i > 0 {
+                if pr.active[idx - 1] {
+                    pr.aw[idx] = 1.0;
+                }
+            } else if dirichlet_sides[0] {
+                pr.extra_diag[idx] += 2.0;
+            }
+            if j + 1 < ny {
+                if pr.active[idx + nx] {
+                    pr.an[idx] = 1.0;
+                }
+            } else if dirichlet_sides[3] {
+                pr.extra_diag[idx] += 2.0;
+            }
+            if j > 0 {
+                if pr.active[idx - nx] {
+                    pr.as_[idx] = 1.0;
+                }
+            } else if dirichlet_sides[2] {
+                pr.extra_diag[idx] += 2.0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    pr.validate().expect("assembled problem is valid");
+    pr
+}
+
+/// `A p` written out directly from the definition (independent of the
+/// solver's stencil code); zero on inactive cells.
+fn apply_operator(pr: &PoissonProblem, p: &[f64]) -> Vec<f64> {
+    let (nx, ny) = (pr.nx, pr.ny);
+    let mut out = vec![0.0; nx * ny];
+    for j in 0..ny {
+        for i in 0..nx {
+            let idx = j * nx + i;
+            if !pr.active[idx] {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let mut v = pr.diagonal(idx) * p[idx];
+            if i + 1 < nx && pr.active[idx + 1] {
+                v -= pr.ae[idx] * p[idx + 1];
+            }
+            if i > 0 && pr.active[idx - 1] {
+                v -= pr.aw[idx] * p[idx - 1];
+            }
+            if j + 1 < ny && pr.active[idx + nx] {
+                v -= pr.an[idx] * p[idx + nx];
+            }
+            if j > 0 && pr.active[idx - nx] {
+                v -= pr.as_[idx] * p[idx - nx];
+            }
+            out[idx] = v;
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn active_indices(pr: &PoissonProblem) -> Vec<usize> {
+    (0..pr.nx * pr.ny).filter(|&i| pr.active[i]).collect()
+}
+
+fn remove_mean(pr: &PoissonProblem, v: &mut [f64]) {
+    let cells = active_indices(pr);
+    let mean = cells.iter().map(|&i| v[i]).sum::<f64>() / cells.len() as f64;
+    for &i in &cells {
+        v[i] -= mean;
+    }
+}
+
+fn l1_active(pr: &PoissonProblem, v: &[f64]) -> f64 {
+    active_indices(pr).iter().map(|&i| v[i].abs()).sum()
+}
+
+/// Smooth field on cell centres of the unit square.
+fn smooth_field(nx: usize, ny: usize) -> Vec<f64> {
+    let (hx, hy) = (1.0 / nx as f64, 1.0 / ny as f64);
+    let mut f = vec![0.0; nx * ny];
+    for j in 0..ny {
+        for i in 0..nx {
+            let (x, y) = ((i as f64 + 0.5) * hx, (j as f64 + 0.5) * hy);
+            f[j * nx + i] = (PI * x).cos() * (2.0 * PI * y).cos() + 0.3 * (3.0 * PI * x).sin();
+        }
+    }
+    f
+}
+
+/// Zero-mean pseudo-random rhs on the active cells.
+fn random_rhs(pr: &mut PoissonProblem, seed: u64) {
+    let mut g = Lcg(seed);
+    for idx in active_indices(pr) {
+        pr.rhs[idx] = g.next();
+    }
+    let mut rhs = std::mem::take(&mut pr.rhs);
+    remove_mean(pr, &mut rhs);
+    pr.rhs = rhs;
+}
+
+/// Point SOR at the optimal Poisson factor with the true-residual stop —
+/// the reference the multigrid PCG is timed against. `anchor = Some`
+/// pins that cell to zero as the production projections do (on a pure
+/// Neumann problem that pins the level but slows the near-null mode);
+/// `None` runs SOR on the singular consistent system, whose iterate
+/// converges with a floating level.
+fn sor_reference(
+    pr: &PoissonProblem,
+    p: &mut [f64],
+    tolerance: f64,
+    max_sweeps: usize,
+    anchor: Option<usize>,
+) -> (usize, f64) {
+    let (nx, ny) = (pr.nx, pr.ny);
+    let omega = 2.0 / (1.0 + (PI / nx.max(ny) as f64).sin());
+    let singular = pr.is_singular();
+    let anchor = anchor.filter(|_| singular);
+    for sweep in 1..=max_sweeps {
+        let mut residual = 0.0;
+        for j in 0..ny {
+            for i in 0..nx {
+                let idx = j * nx + i;
+                if !pr.active[idx] {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if anchor == Some(idx) {
+                    p[idx] = 0.0;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let ap = pr.diagonal(idx);
+                let mut nb = 0.0;
+                if i + 1 < nx && pr.active[idx + 1] {
+                    nb += pr.ae[idx] * p[idx + 1];
+                }
+                if i > 0 && pr.active[idx - 1] {
+                    nb += pr.aw[idx] * p[idx - 1];
+                }
+                if j + 1 < ny && pr.active[idx + nx] {
+                    nb += pr.an[idx] * p[idx + nx];
+                }
+                if j > 0 && pr.active[idx - nx] {
+                    nb += pr.as_[idx] * p[idx - nx];
+                }
+                let rhs = pr.rhs[idx] + nb;
+                let old = p[idx];
+                residual += (rhs - ap * old).abs();
+                p[idx] = (1.0 - omega) * old + omega * rhs / ap;
+            }
+        }
+        // The in-sweep (half-sweep lagged) sum over-estimates the residual
+        // after the sweep at omega ~ 2, so the stop is the TRUE residual,
+        // checked every 8 sweeps (the count is honest to within 8).
+        if residual < tolerance || sweep % 8 == 0 {
+            let true_res = pr.residual_l1(p);
+            if true_res < tolerance {
+                return (sweep, true_res);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    (max_sweeps, pr.residual_l1(p))
+}
+
+fn max_abs_diff(pr: &PoissonProblem, a: &[f64], b: &[f64]) -> f64 {
+    active_indices(pr)
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&i| (a[i] - b[i]).abs())
+        .fold(0.0, f64::max)
+}
+
+fn max_abs(pr: &PoissonProblem, a: &[f64]) -> f64 {
+    active_indices(pr)
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&i| a[i].abs())
+        .fold(0.0, f64::max)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn dirichlet_manufactured_solution_recovered() {
+    let n = 40;
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, _| true, [true; 4]);
+    let h = 1.0 / n as f64;
+    let exact: Vec<f64> = (0..n * n)
+        .map(|idx| {
+            let (i, j) = (idx % n, idx / n);
+            (PI * (i as f64 + 0.5) * h).sin() * (PI * (j as f64 + 0.5) * h).sin()
+        })
+        .collect();
+    pr.rhs = apply_operator(&pr, &exact);
+    assert!(!pr.is_singular());
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; n * n];
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-12 * scale,
+        None,
+    );
+    let err = max_abs_diff(&pr, &p, &exact);
+    println!(
+        "dirichlet {n}^2: {} iterations, residual {:.3e} (scale {:.3e}), max error {err:.3e}",
+        sol.iterations, sol.residual, scale
+    );
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    assert!(err <= 1e-10 * max_abs(&pr, &exact), "max error {err:.3e}");
+    assert!(sol.iterations < 40, "{} iterations", sol.iterations);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn neumann_box_recovered_up_to_constant_with_anchor() {
+    let n = 32;
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    assert!(pr.is_singular());
+    let field = smooth_field(n, n);
+    let mut rhs = apply_operator(&pr, &field);
+    remove_mean(&pr, &mut rhs);
+    pr.rhs = rhs;
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let anchor = pr.index(1, 1);
+    // Start from a deliberately shifted guess: the level must be fixed
+    // by the anchor, not by the initial guess.
+    let mut p = vec![3.0; n * n];
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-13 * scale,
+        Some(anchor),
+    );
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    assert_eq!(p[anchor], 0.0, "anchor semantics must be exact");
+    let shifted: Vec<f64> = field.iter().map(|v| v - field[anchor]).collect();
+    let err = max_abs_diff(&pr, &p, &shifted);
+    println!(
+        "neumann {n}^2: {} iterations, residual {:.3e} (scale {:.3e}), max error {err:.3e}",
+        sol.iterations, sol.residual, scale
+    );
+    assert!(err <= 1e-10 * max_abs(&pr, &shifted), "max error {err:.3e}");
+
+    // Without an anchor: mean zero over the active cells.
+    let mut p2 = vec![-7.0; n * n];
+    let sol2 = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p2,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-13 * scale,
+        None,
+    );
+    assert!(sol2.converged, "{sol2:?}");
+    let mean = p2.iter().sum::<f64>() / (n * n) as f64;
+    assert!(mean.abs() <= 1e-12, "mean {mean:e}");
+}
+
+fn circle_inactive(n: usize) -> impl Fn(usize, usize) -> bool {
+    move |j, i| {
+        let h = 1.0 / n as f64;
+        let (x, y) = ((i as f64 + 0.5) * h, (j as f64 + 0.5) * h);
+        (x - 0.5).powi(2) + (y - 0.5).powi(2) >= 0.04
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn masked_circle_neumann_recovered_and_inactive_cells_untouched() {
+    let n = 48;
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, circle_inactive(n), [false; 4]);
+    let inactive = (0..n * n).filter(|&i| !pr.active[i]).count();
+    assert!(inactive > 200, "the circle must remove cells ({inactive})");
+    assert!(pr.is_singular());
+    let field = smooth_field(n, n);
+    pr.rhs = apply_operator(&pr, &field);
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let anchor = active_indices(&pr)[0];
+    let mut p: Vec<f64> = (0..n * n)
+        .map(|i| if pr.active[i] { 0.0 } else { f64::NAN })
+        .collect();
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-13 * scale,
+        Some(anchor),
+    );
+    println!(
+        "masked {n}^2 ({} active): {} iterations, residual {:.3e} (scale {:.3e})",
+        n * n - inactive,
+        sol.iterations,
+        sol.residual,
+        scale
+    );
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    for i in 0..n * n {
+        if pr.active[i] {
+            assert!(p[i].is_finite(), "active cell {i} is {}", p[i]);
+        } else {
+            assert!(p[i].is_nan(), "inactive cell {i} was written: {}", p[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(p[anchor], 0.0);
+    let shifted: Vec<f64> = field.iter().map(|v| v - field[anchor]).collect();
+    let err = max_abs_diff(&pr, &p, &shifted);
+    println!("masked max error {err:.3e}");
+    assert!(err <= 1e-10 * max_abs(&pr, &shifted), "max error {err:.3e}");
+}
+
+/// Iterations to cut the initial residual by `reduction` on the Neumann
+/// box with a zero-mean random rhs.
+fn neumann_box_iterations(n: usize, reduction: f64) -> (usize, f64) {
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    random_rhs(&mut pr, 17 + n as u64);
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; n * n];
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        reduction * scale,
+        Some(pr.index(1, 1)),
+    );
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{n}^2: {sol:?}");
+    (sol.iterations, sol.residual / scale)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn iteration_count_is_grid_independent() {
+    let mut counts = Vec::new();
+    for &n in &[32usize, 64, 128, 256] {
+        let (it, rel) = neumann_box_iterations(n, 1e-8);
+        println!("neumann {n}^2: {it} PCG iterations (final residual {rel:.2e} of rhs)");
+        counts.push(it);
+    }
+    println!("iteration counts 32..256: {counts:?}");
+    assert!(
+        counts[3] <= 2 * counts[0],
+        "256^2 took {} iterations vs {} at 32^2",
+        counts[3],
+        counts[0]
+    );
+    assert!(counts[3] <= 60, "256^2 took {} iterations", counts[3]);
+}
+
+/// Ragged mask: the circle plus scattered single-cell obstacles, so many
+/// aggregates are partial and the over-corrected coarse correction meets
+/// cells where the factor-2 argument does not hold.
+fn ragged_active(n: usize) -> impl Fn(usize, usize) -> bool {
+    let circle = circle_inactive(n);
+    move |j, i| circle(j, i) && !((i + j) % 17 == 0 && i % 3 != 0)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn ragged_mask_iteration_count_stays_bounded() {
+    let mut counts = Vec::new();
+    for &n in &[48usize, 96, 192] {
+        let mut pr = assemble(n, n, ragged_active(n), [false; 4]);
+        random_rhs(&mut pr, 23);
+        let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+        let anchor = active_indices(&pr)[0];
+        let mut p: Vec<f64> = (0..n * n)
+            .map(|i| if pr.active[i] { 0.0 } else { f64::NAN })
+            .collect();
+        let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+            &pr,
+            &mut p,
+            &MultigridParameters::default(),
+            1e-8 * scale,
+            Some(anchor),
+        );
+        println!(
+            "ragged {n}^2 ({} active): {} iterations, residual {:.2e} of rhs",
+            active_indices(&pr).len(),
+            sol.iterations,
+            sol.residual / scale
+        );
+        assert!(sol.converged, "{n}^2: {sol:?}");
+        counts.push(sol.iterations);
+    }
+    println!("ragged iteration counts 48..192: {counts:?}");
+    assert!(counts[2] <= 2 * counts[0] && counts[2] <= 60, "{counts:?}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn galerkin_coarse_operator_matches_r_a_p() {
+    let n = 37;
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, circle_inactive(n), [false, true, false, false]);
+    // Add an uneven conductance so a wrong summation cannot hide behind
+    // unit coefficients.
+    for j in 0..n {
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let idx = j * n + i;
+            let w = 1.0 + 0.5 * ((i * 7 + j * 3) % 5) as f64;
+            if pr.ae[idx] != 0.0 {
+                pr.ae[idx] *= w;
+                pr.aw[idx + 1] *= w;
+            }
+            if pr.an[idx] != 0.0 {
+                pr.an[idx] *= w;
+                pr.as_[idx + n] *= w;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    pr.validate().expect("weighted problem is valid");
+    let hier = Hierarchy::build(&pr, &MultigridParameters::default());
+    assert!(hier.depth() >= 3, "depth {}", hier.depth());
+    let mut g = Lcg(5);
+    for l in 0..hier.depth() - 1 {
+        let fine = hier.problem(l);
+        let coarse = hier.problem(l + 1);
+        coarse.validate().expect("coarse problem is valid");
+        let coarse_of = hier.coarse_of(l);
+        let v: Vec<f64> = (0..coarse.nx * coarse.ny)
+            .map(|i| if coarse.active[i] { g.next() } else { 0.0 })
+            .collect();
+        let direct = apply_operator(coarse, &v);
+        // P v on the fine level, A (P v), then R = summation.
+        let pv: Vec<f64> = (0..fine.nx * fine.ny)
+            .map(|i| {
+                if coarse_of[i] != usize::MAX {
+                    v[coarse_of[i]]
+                } else {
+                    0.0
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let apv = apply_operator(fine, &pv);
+        let mut rap = vec![0.0; coarse.nx * coarse.ny];
+        for &i in hier.cells(l) {
+            rap[coarse_of[i]] += apv[i];
+        }
+        let scale = max_abs(coarse, &direct);
+        let diff = max_abs_diff(coarse, &direct, &rap);
+        println!(
+            "level {l} -> {}: {}x{} ({} active), |A_c v - R A P v| = {diff:.3e} (scale {scale:.3e})",
+            l + 1,
+            coarse.nx,
+            coarse.ny,
+            hier.cells(l + 1).len()
+        );
+        assert!(scale > 0.0);
+        assert!(diff <= 1e-12 * scale, "level {l}: {diff:e}");
+        // The outlet column's Dirichlet contribution survives coarsening.
+        assert!(!coarse.is_singular());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn odd_sizes_and_one_wide_strips_converge() {
+    // 37 x 23 Neumann box.
+    let (nx, ny) = (37, 23);
+    let mut pr = assemble(nx, ny, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    random_rhs(&mut pr, 3);
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; nx * ny];
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-10 * scale,
+        Some(0),
+    );
+    println!("37x23: {sol:?}");
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    assert_eq!(p[0], 0.0);
+
+    // A single row of 64 cells (ny = 1).
+    let mut strip = assemble(64, 1, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    random_rhs(&mut strip, 4);
+    let scale = l1_active(&strip, &strip.rhs);
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; 64];
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &strip,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-10 * scale,
+        None,
+    );
+    println!("64x1 strip: {sol:?}");
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    assert!(strip.residual_l1(&p) < 1e-10 * scale);
+
+    // A 1-wide column of active cells inside a 2-D grid, plus an isolated
+    // active cell with no equation (left untouched).
+    let (nx, ny) = (9, 50);
+    let mut col = assemble(nx, ny, |j, i| i == 3 || (j == 0 && i == 7), [false; 4]);
+    random_rhs(&mut col, 5);
+    col.rhs[7] = 0.0;
+    let scale = l1_active(&col, &col.rhs);
+    let mut p: Vec<f64> = (0..nx * ny)
+        .map(|i| if col.active[i] { 0.0 } else { f64::NAN })
+        .collect();
+    p[7] = 42.0;
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &col,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        1e-10 * scale,
+        Some(3),
+    );
+    println!("1-wide column in 9x50: {sol:?}");
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    assert_eq!(p[7], 42.0, "an isolated cell has no equation");
+    assert_eq!(p[3], 0.0);
+    for i in 0..nx * ny {
+        if col.active[i] {
+            assert!(p[i].is_finite());
+        } else {
+            assert!(p[i].is_nan());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn v_cycle_preconditioner_is_symmetric() {
+    let n = 30;
+    let params = MultigridParameters::default();
+    for (name, pr) in [
+        (
+            "masked neumann",
+            assemble(n, n, circle_inactive(n), [false; 4]),
+        ),
+        (
+            "outlet column",
+            assemble(n, n, circle_inactive(n), [false, true, false, false]),
+        ),
+        ("dirichlet", assemble(n, n, |_, _| true, [true; 4])),
+    ] {
+        let mut hier = Hierarchy::build(&pr, &params);
+        let mut g = Lcg(11);
+        let cells = active_indices(&pr);
+        let mut x = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        let mut y = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        for &i in &cells {
+            x[i] = g.next();
+            y[i] = g.next();
+        }
+        let mut mx = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        let mut my = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        hier.apply_preconditioner(&x, &mut mx);
+        hier.apply_preconditioner(&y, &mut my);
+        let lhs: f64 = cells.iter().map(|&i| x[i] * my[i]).sum();
+        let rhs: f64 = cells.iter().map(|&i| mx[i] * y[i]).sum();
+        println!("{name}: <x, M^-1 y> = {lhs:.15e}, <M^-1 x, y> = {rhs:.15e}");
+        assert!(lhs.abs() > 0.0);
+        assert!(
+            (lhs - rhs).abs() <= 1e-12 * lhs.abs().max(rhs.abs()),
+            "{name}: {lhs:e} vs {rhs:e}"
+        );
+        // And positive on the range: <x, M^-1 x> > 0.
+        let xx: f64 = cells.iter().map(|&i| x[i] * mx[i]).sum();
+        assert!(xx > 0.0, "{name}: <x, M^-1 x> = {xx:e}");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn validate_rejects_asymmetry_and_bad_lengths() {
+    let mut pr = assemble(8, 8, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    pr.ae[0] = 2.0;
+    assert!(pr.validate().unwrap_err().contains("asymmetric"));
+    let mut pr = assemble(8, 8, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    pr.rhs.pop();
+    assert!(pr.validate().unwrap_err().contains("length"));
+    let mut pr = assemble(8, 8, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+    pr.an[3] = -1.0;
+    pr.as_[11] = -1.0;
+    assert!(pr.validate().unwrap_err().contains("negative"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn timing_against_sor_reference() {
+    for &n in &[128usize, 256] {
+        let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, _| true, [false; 4]);
+        random_rhs(&mut pr, 99);
+        let scale = l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+        let tol = 1e-8 * scale;
+        let anchor = pr.index(1, 1);
+
+        let mut p = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+            &pr,
+            &mut p,
+            &MultigridParameters::default(),
+            tol,
+            Some(anchor),
+        );
+        let t_mg = t0.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
+        assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+
+        let mut ps = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let (sweeps, res_sor) = sor_reference(&pr, &mut ps, tol, 20_000, None);
+        let t_sor = t0.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
+        println!(
+            "{n}^2 Neumann, stop {tol:.2e}: MG-PCG {} it, {:.3e} res, {t_mg:.3} s | free SOR {sweeps} sweeps, {res_sor:.3e} res, {t_sor:.3} s | SOR/MG time ratio {:.1}",
+            sol.iterations,
+            sol.residual,
+            t_sor / t_mg
+        );
+        assert!(
+            res_sor < tol,
+            "free SOR did not reach the stop in {sweeps} sweeps"
+        );
+        // Same residual stop, so the two solutions agree to the stop
+        // level once both are shifted to the anchor.
+        let shift = ps[anchor];
+        for &i in &active_indices(&pr) {
+            ps[i] -= shift;
+        }
+        let diff = max_abs_diff(&pr, &p, &ps);
+        println!("{n}^2: max |p_mg - p_sor| = {diff:.3e}");
+
+        // The production-style anchored SOR, capped: reported, not timed
+        // to the stop (on 128^2 it does not reach it in 20,000 sweeps).
+        let cap = 3_000;
+        let mut pa = vec![0.0; n * n];
+        let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let (sweeps_a, res_a) = sor_reference(&pr, &mut pa, tol, cap, Some(anchor));
+        let t_a = t0.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
+        println!(
+            "{n}^2: anchored SOR {sweeps_a} sweeps (cap {cap}), residual {res_a:.3e} vs stop {tol:.2e}, {t_a:.3} s"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Multi-component domains (from the adversarial review)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Two pure-Neumann components (a 64² box split by an inactive wall column)
+/// whose right-hand sides are each slightly incompatible with OPPOSITE
+/// signs, so the global mean is zero: a single global mean projection
+/// leaves both blocks inconsistent and CG diverged (review: max |p| 3.8e9
+/// at 1e-8 relative imbalance). Per-component projection must converge and
+/// recover the known field in each component up to that component's
+/// constant.
+#[test]
+fn two_neumann_components_with_opposite_imbalances_converge() {
+    let n = 64;
+    let wall = n / 2;
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, i| i != wall, [false; 4]);
+    let exact = smooth_field(n, n);
+    let rhs = apply_operator(&pr, &exact);
+    // Per-component imbalance ±eps × scale, zero overall.
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &rhs) / active_indices(&pr).len() as f64;
+    for j in 0..n {
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let idx = j * n + i;
+            if !pr.active[idx] {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let sign = if i < wall { 1.0 } else { -1.0 };
+            pr.rhs[idx] = rhs[idx] + sign * 1e-6 * scale;
+        }
+    }
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; n * n];
+    let tolerance = 1e-10 * l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        tolerance,
+        Some(n + 1),
+    );
+    assert!(
+        sol.converged,
+        "PCG did not converge on two imbalanced Neumann components: {sol:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(sol.iterations <= 20, "iterations {}", sol.iterations);
+    // Each component matches the field up to its own constant.
+    for half in 0..2 {
+        let members: Vec<usize> = active_indices(&pr)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter(|&idx| (idx % n < wall) == (half == 0))
+            .collect();
+        let shift =
+            members.iter().map(|&idx| p[idx] - exact[idx]).sum::<f64>() / members.len() as f64;
+        let err = members
+            .iter()
+            .map(|&idx| (p[idx] - exact[idx] - shift).abs())
+            .fold(0.0, f64::max);
+        let amp = members
+            .iter()
+            .map(|&idx| exact[idx].abs())
+            .fold(0.0, f64::max);
+        assert!(
+            err < 1e-5 * amp,
+            "component {half}: max error {err:.3e} vs amplitude {amp:.3e}"
+        );
+    }
+    // Anchor semantics hold in the anchor's component; the other is mean zero.
+    assert_eq!(p[n + 1], 0.0);
+    let right: Vec<usize> = active_indices(&pr)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|&idx| idx % n > wall)
+        .collect();
+    let right_mean = right.iter().map(|&idx| p[idx]).sum::<f64>() / right.len() as f64;
+    assert!(
+        right_mean.abs() < 1e-12,
+        "right component mean {right_mean:.3e}"
+    );
+}
+
+/// A Dirichlet component next to a singular one: an imbalance in the
+/// Neumann half must not corrupt the Dirichlet half (review: the Dirichlet
+/// half read 3.3e3 against an exact 10.0 under a global treatment).
+#[test]
+fn dirichlet_component_is_untouched_by_an_imbalanced_neumann_neighbour() {
+    let n = 48;
+    let wall = n / 2;
+    // Left side Dirichlet (p = 0 half a cell outside the left edge), wall
+    // column inactive, right half pure Neumann.
+    let mut pr = assemble(n, n, |_, i| i != wall, [true, false, false, false]);
+    // Exact: left half p = 10 + the discrete solution of ap p = rhs with
+    // rhs chosen from a known field; simplest: take a known field on both
+    // halves and build rhs = A field, then perturb the right half only.
+    let exact = smooth_field(n, n);
+    let rhs = apply_operator(&pr, &exact);
+    let scale = l1_active(&pr, &rhs) / active_indices(&pr).len() as f64;
+    for j in 0..n {
+        for i in 0..n {
+            let idx = j * n + i;
+            if pr.active[idx] {
+                pr.rhs[idx] = rhs[idx] + if i > wall { 1e-6 * scale } else { 0.0 };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let mut p = vec![0.0; n * n];
+    let tolerance = 1e-10 * l1_active(&pr, &pr.rhs);
+    let sol = solve_multigrid_pcg(
+        &pr,
+        &mut p,
+        &MultigridParameters::default(),
+        tolerance,
+        None,
+    );
+    assert!(sol.converged, "{sol:?}");
+    // Left (Dirichlet) component exact — no constant freedom there.
+    let left: Vec<usize> = active_indices(&pr)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|&idx| idx % n < wall)
+        .collect();
+    let err = left
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&idx| (p[idx] - exact[idx]).abs())
+        .fold(0.0, f64::max);
+    let amp = left.iter().map(|&idx| exact[idx].abs()).fold(0.0, f64::max);
+    assert!(
+        err < 1e-8 * amp,
+        "Dirichlet half corrupted: max error {err:.3e} vs {amp:.3e}"
+    );
+}