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Assume events at exact frame times t = k/59.94 stored as float32 seconds, with POINT:RATE float32(59.94) = 59.939998626708984, for k = 0..99,999. The header-event path int(t*rate)+1 and the parameter-event path floor(t*rate+1.5) give different frames for 26,284 events (26.28%) when the product is float32, and 77,452 (77.45%) when it is double. In each disagreement the product falls just below k, so the header path returns k and the parameter path returns k+1 (the expected 1-based frame); for example k=1 gives product 0.99999994. Which arithmetic BTK's compiled code uses (float vs promoted) was not determined. Scripted arithmetic only, no third-party code; it partly answers restart item 64 (C3-RQ-TRIAGE-001).\n\nLimitations: Code read 2026-10-22; nothing compiled or run; no C3D file opened. BTK master is from 2015.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://www.c3d.org/docs/C3D_User_Guide.pdf","note":"c3d.org receipt; producer C3D_User_Guide.pdf sha256 ed669dd2ec5acc7a = pin, pdftotext L1230-1242, L1433-1452; ezc3d src/ezc3d.cpp at bf758d1 L735-775, L544-553; ezc3d src/Header.cpp L224-232; BTKCore btkC3DFileIO.cpp at d4c03aa L268-280, L302, L551, L1652-1653, L1795-1796"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/ezc3d.cpp","note":"c3d.org receipt; producer C3D_User_Guide.pdf sha256 ed669dd2ec5acc7a = pin, pdftotext L1230-1242, L1433-1452; ezc3d src/ezc3d.cpp at bf758d1 L735-775, L544-553; ezc3d src/Header.cpp L224-232; BTKCore btkC3DFileIO.cpp at d4c03aa L268-280, L302, L551, L1652-1653, L1795-1796"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/Header.cpp","note":"c3d.org receipt; producer C3D_User_Guide.pdf sha256 ed669dd2ec5acc7a = pin, pdftotext L1230-1242, L1433-1452; ezc3d src/ezc3d.cpp at bf758d1 L735-775, L544-553; ezc3d src/Header.cpp L224-232; BTKCore btkC3DFileIO.cpp at d4c03aa L268-280, L302, L551, L1652-1653, L1795-1796"},{"url":"https://github.com/Biomechanical-ToolKit/BTKCore/blob/d4c03aa9e354be16265d0efe0815c09b35abc642/Code/IO/btkC3DFileIO.cpp","note":"c3d.org receipt; producer C3D_User_Guide.pdf sha256 ed669dd2ec5acc7a = pin, pdftotext L1230-1242, L1433-1452; ezc3d src/ezc3d.cpp at bf758d1 L735-775, L544-553; ezc3d src/Header.cpp L224-232; BTKCore btkC3DFileIO.cpp at d4c03aa L268-280, L302, L551, L1652-1653, L1795-1796"}]},"categories":["T07"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://www.c3d.org/docs/C3D_User_Guide.pdf","claim":"The C3D guide fixes analog sampling at an integer number of samples per 3D frame (header word 10) with a float 3D rate, so 59.94 Hz is representable and the analog rate is that multiple of 59.94. ezc3d 1.7.2 reconciles ANALOG:RATE/POINT:RATE with the header by truncating their quotient to an integer when no analog subframes are loaded, and compares point rates after truncation at four decimals; BTK derives samples per channel from header words, reads no ANALOG:RATE, and on write sets ANALOG:RATE to point rate times samples per frame. 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Neither code base rejects a non-integer ratio or special-cases 59.94.\n\nCurator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; nothing compiled or run; no C3D file opened. Curator amendment CA-AM-0052 (2026-10-22): Quantified (curator arithmetic simulation, code_derived_inference; BTK not run). Assume events at exact frame times t = k/59.94 stored as float32 seconds, with POINT:RATE float32(59.94) = 59.939998626708984, for k = 0..99,999. The header-event path int(t*rate)+1 and the parameter-event path floor(t*rate+1.5) give different frames for 26,284 events (26.28%) when the product is float32, and 77,452 (77.45%) when it is double. In each disagreement the product falls just below k, so the header path returns k and the parameter path returns k+1 (the expected 1-based frame); for example k=1 gives product 0.99999994. Which arithmetic BTK's compiled code uses (float vs promoted) was not determined. Scripted arithmetic only, no third-party code; it partly answers restart item 64 (C3-RQ-TRIAGE-001).\n\nLimitations: Code read 2026-10-22; nothing compiled or run; no C3D file opened. 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